used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
(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 In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
a quantity of money
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
blood-stain
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
conceives
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
deliriumnounUS /dɪˈlɪriəm/
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
detrimentnounUS /ˈdetrəmənt/
a damage or loss
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
apart from; not including
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
fiendnounUS /fiːnd/
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
a man of refinement
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
come to pass
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
ineffaceable
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
not any; not one
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
occurrencenounUS /əˈkɜːrəns/
an event that happens
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
many times at short intervals
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
sunkadjectiveUS /sʌŋk/
doomed to extinction
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
tremens
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
at the time that
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
but in spite of that
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
