Chapter XXVIII

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

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

later than; following

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

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

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

(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 That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

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

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

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

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

someone who bakes commercially

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

the lower side of anything

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

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

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

having come or been brought to a conclusion

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

discontented as toward authority

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

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From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

the act of departing

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

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

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

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

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

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

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

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

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

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

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

cut off or left behind

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

the force of workers available

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

and nothing more

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

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

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

used to form the superlative

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

not any; not one

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

no person; not anyone

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

not one, and not any

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

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

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

on one occasion

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

any thick, viscous matter

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

To recall to mind.

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

cut with a saw

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

plural of “shark” — any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

transport commercially

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

possessive form of “smith” — Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

in the near future

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

depleted of energy, force, or strength

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

doomed to extinction

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading But I remember that soon after I got home, I saw an account—merely an item of a few lines in a shipping paper—of a man’s having been taken off Amsterdam Island, and the description of the man might have been the description of Smith.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He had spent more than an hour in going to and fro, looking for Smith’s body, but had seen no sign of it, and had concluded that it had sunk at once.

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

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

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

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

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

From this reading Mr. Baker came back to the ship about a couple of hours after the marooned men had come aboard.

except if; if not

From this reading That seemed strange, for the lungs must have been full of air, but nobody gave it a second thought unless some of the most disaffected of the crew did; none of them, in all probability, gave so much as a first thought to the fact.

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

From this reading I do not really doubt that Smith was dead, and that his body was swaying about in the ooze at the bottom of the sea, unless the sharks got it first.