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Chapter VIII
That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room. “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me. “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.” “It’s the shaking down.” Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.”
very surprised
From this reading “Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.”
two people or things considered together
From this reading ““You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““It’s the shaking down.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.”
during the time that
From this reading “That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.”
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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 “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
very surprised
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
two people or things considered together
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
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From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading “It’s the shaking down.”
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading “It’s the shaking down.”
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From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It’s the shaking down.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
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From this reading “Her mother was the same way—a born sailor, but always sick at the outset of a voyage.”
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From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
during the time that
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That evening the three men of us had dinner alone, with racks on the table, while the _Elsinore_ rolled in the calm that had sent Miss West to her room.
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From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
but in spite of that
From this reading Mr. Pike astonished me with the longest observation I had yet heard him utter at table.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You won’t see her for a couple of days,” Captain West told me.
