Chapter I

to or in a foreign country

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aimlessly drifting

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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

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North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

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

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a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

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From this reading BOAT-BUILDER SERIES.

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

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showing who or what does the action

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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

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From this reading ELECTROTYPED BY C. J. PETERS & SON, BOSTON.

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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

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maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

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a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

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an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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forward in time or order or degree

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plural of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope

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similar things placed in order or happening one after another

From this reading BOAT-BUILDER SERIES.

offering safety; well protected or concealed

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a male human offspring

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make square

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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

From this reading STEM * TO * STERN.

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

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plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

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

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

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directed up

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relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

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(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

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