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Chapter XII
Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now? Oh, yes. I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again. What you call rough, little man. But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What you call rough, little man.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?”
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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 Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
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From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
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From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
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From this reading What you call rough, little man.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
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From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
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From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
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From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you call rough, little man.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What you call rough, little man.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
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From this reading Oh, yes.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What you call rough, little man.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as you are grown such a very good sailor, and also as the sea is all but smooth, I think we will have a sail in the yacht to-day, and that a tolerably long one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, yes.
but in spite of that
From this reading I have never been ill yet, though it has been quite rough again and again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Come: I suppose you consider yourself quite a good sailor by now?
