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Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line. It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.” Well, we looked at her. She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back. She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
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used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, we looked at her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, we looked at her.”
during the time that
From this reading “It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.”
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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 Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
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From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
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From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
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From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
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From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
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From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
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From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
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From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Well, we looked at her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, we looked at her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
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From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was a green color, and she said she’d thank us to put her off in something or other and let her go back.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
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From this reading She wasn’t seasick, but she just didn’t care for the sea.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
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From this reading Well, we looked at her.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
during the time that
From this reading It was while this conversation was going on that Aggie suddenly said: “I’ve changed my mind, Tish, I’m not going.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Tish liked him at once, and said that in case of trouble if the boat were crowded we would only ask for a towing line.
