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Chapter XXIX
And no westing! We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board. They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea. “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.” One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.”
movement or distance toward the east
From this reading “We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.”
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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 One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And no westing!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
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From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
movement or distance toward the east
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
not any; not one
From this reading And no westing!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Horn Gypsies,” Margaret calls them; and Mr. Pike dubs them “Dutchmen.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are the great mystery, these three men of the sea.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have been swept back three degrees of easting since the night our visitors came on board.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And no westing!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
in the company of; together with
From this reading One thing is certain, they have a language of their own which they talk with one another.
