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Chapter I
From the first the voyage was going wrong. Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time. At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited. On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine. And there was no tug.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From the first the voyage was going wrong.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.”
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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 Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
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From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
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From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
not any; not one
From this reading And there was no tug.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
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From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
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From this reading And there was no tug.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
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From this reading On the seat, outside, the driver and Wada sat hunched in a temperature perhaps half a degree colder than mine.
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From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At nine o’clock the tug was to have taken me down the bay and put me on board the _Elsinore_, and with growing irritation I sat frozen inside my taxicab and waited.
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From this reading From the first the voyage was going wrong.
