Chapter XV

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading The idea of air ships is all right in theory, but they are never going to be a reliable success.

plural of “airship” — a steerable self-propelled aircraft

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

(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 The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

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

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a youthful male person

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

reach, make, or come to a decision about something

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading The trouble is you never know what they are going to do next.

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

third-person singular of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

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

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

the act of departing

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

plural of “gorilla” — largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading The trouble is you never know what they are going to do next.

plural of “lever” — a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

plural of “lion” — large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

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From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading The trouble is you never know what they are going to do next.

not any; not one

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

cause to move by pulling

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

worthy of reliance or trust

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

precisely, exactly

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

transport commercially

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading The idea of air ships is all right in theory, but they are never going to be a reliable success.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

the act of guiding or showing the way

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

in or at that place or location

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading They are like a mule about doing things that are not on the mnu.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

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

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

a source of difficulty

From this reading The trouble is you never know what they are going to do next.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading If you want to go due South, the air ship may decide to go North, and you may pull on all the levers, and turn the steering gear every way, and she goes North as though there was no other place to go.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The trouble is you never know what they are going to do next.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Idea of Airships Is all Right in Theory, but They Are Never Going to Be a Reliable Success—Pa Drowns the Lions Out With Gas—The Bad Boy and His Pa Capture a Couple of Lions—Pa Moves Camp to Hunt Gorillas.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The trouble is you never know what they are going to do next.