used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
anchornounUS /ˈæŋkər/
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
AustralianounUS /ɔːˈstreɪljə/
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
belatedadjectiveUS /bɪˈleɪtɪd/
after the expected or usual time; delayed
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
boat'snounUS /boʊts/
possessive form of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
bungalownounUS /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/
a small house with a single story
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
canoenounUS /kəˈnuː/
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
climbingnounUS /ˈklaɪmɪŋ/
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
Commissioner'snounUS /kəˈmɪʃənərz/
possessive form of “commissioner” — a government administrator
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
descendingadjectiveUS /dɪˈsendɪŋ/
coming down or downward
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
earlier in time; previously
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
Eugenie
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
gang-plank
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
GuineanounUS /ˈɡɪni/
a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
heavingnounUS /ˈhiːvɪŋ/
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
Kellar
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
Makambo
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
Makambo's
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
nigger-chaser
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
on one occasion
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
port-hole
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
rummagedverbUS /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/
past form of “rummage” — search haphazardly
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
Shortlands
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
starboardnounUS /ˈstɑːrbərd/
the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
steamernounUS /ˈstiːmər/
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
Tulagi
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
vainlyadverbUS /ˈveɪnli/
to no avail
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
