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Chapter XVII
When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water. And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places. Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything. Talk the matter over with such an one. Note carefully all that he says.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Talk the matter over with such an one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading Note carefully all that he says.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Talk the matter over with such an one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading Note carefully all that he says.
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From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
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From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Note carefully all that he says.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
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From this reading Talk the matter over with such an one.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading Note carefully all that he says.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
above and across; more than
From this reading Talk the matter over with such an one.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
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From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Note carefully all that he says.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Talk the matter over with such an one.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Talk the matter over with such an one.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Go to a first-class druggist—the sort that have specialists on their salary list who know everything.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
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From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
at the time that
From this reading When we sailed from San Francisco on the _Snark_ I knew as much about sickness as the Admiral of the Swiss Navy knows about salt water.
which person or people
From this reading And here, at the start, let me advise any one who meditates going to out-of-the-way tropic places.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Talk the matter over with such an one.
