used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The green water rose about the windows.
anew
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
conning-tower
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From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
crawledverbUS /krɔːld/
past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading On we drove, down the sloping sand.
enginesnounUS /ˈendʒənz/
plural of “engine” — motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The green water rose about the windows.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
lappingnounUS /ˈlæpɪŋ/
covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
Mangar
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From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
come together
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
Omnimobile
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From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On we drove, down the sloping sand.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The green water rose about the windows.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading On we drove, down the sloping sand.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
slappingverbUS /ˈslæpɪŋ/
inflected form of “slap” — hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
slopingadjectiveUS /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/
having an oblique or slanted direction
From this reading On we drove, down the sloping sand.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
splashingnounUS /ˈsplæʃɪŋ/
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The green water rose about the windows.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Into the Mangar Deep We hurried back into the Omnimobile, climbed into the conning-tower, and started the engines again.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a few moments they were slapping and splashing against her sides.
a Caucasian
From this reading Sam turned the bow toward the sea, and the great machine crawled slowly down to meet the lapping white waves.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading The green water rose about the windows.
