used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
adaptedadjectiveUS /əˈdæptɪd/
changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Who are they?”
ascertainedadjectiveUS /ˌæsərˈteɪnd/
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
BelgianadjectiveUS /ˈbeldʒən/
of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people
From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
BLOKnounUS /blɑːk/
Russian poet (1880-1921)
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
Cueille
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From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
DutchadjectiveUS /dʌtʃ/
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
how
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From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
Johannes
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From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
kampongnoun
a native village in Malaysia
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
MAURICE
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From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
the force of workers available
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
MENDESverbUS /ˈmeɪndes/
third-person singular of “mend” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
PERELAER
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From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
roll-call
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From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
Schlickeisen
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From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
SwissnounUS /swɪs/
the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Who are they?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
TranslatedverbUS /trænzˈleɪtɪd/
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
which person or people
From this reading “Who are they?”
Wienersdorf
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From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”