Chapter IV

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

filled with fear or apprehension

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

later than; following

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

(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 “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Why, they’d pay us money to tuck us away.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

a short stout club used primarily by policemen

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading There’s nothin’ to be done on the Eastern side.

lying toward or situated in the east

From this reading There’s nothin’ to be done on the Eastern side.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

plural of “like” — a similar kind

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading Why, they’d pay us money to tuck us away.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

not any; not one

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

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From this reading There’s nothin’ to be done on the Eastern side.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

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From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading Why, they’d pay us money to tuck us away.

short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

possession of controlling influence

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

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From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

transport commercially

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading There’s nothin’ to be done on the Eastern side.

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

in or at that place or location

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

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From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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From this reading Why, they’d pay us money to tuck us away.

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

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

fit snugly into

From this reading Why, they’d pay us money to tuck us away.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

the act of using

From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

precisely as stated

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

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

From this reading “There’s no call to be afraid,” said Billy; “there was more in that job than the likes of us.

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From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading Why, they’d pay us money to tuck us away.

in the company of; together with

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading * * * * * THE “HEART OF IRELAND” I THE CAPTAIN GETS A SHIP After the _Penguin_ job, Captain Blood and Billy Harman, that simple sailorman, had come back to Frisco, the very port of all others one might fancy they would have avoided, but Billy had been a power in Frisco, and, reckoning on his power, he had taken the Captain back with him.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading Whatser use freezin’ round N’ York or Boston?