Chapter XVI
“Yet again? What do you here? Shal we give o’er, an drown? Have you a mind to sink?” _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
The Red Rover: A Tale
Chapter XVI
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“Yet
again?
What
do
you
here?
Shal
we
give
o’er,
an
drown?
Have
you
a
mind
to
sink?”
_Tempest._
Our
watchful
adventurer
was
not
blind
to
these
well-known
and
sinister
omens.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Yet
again?
/jet again/
Line 2
What
do
you
here?
/wʌt duː juː here/
Line 3
Shal
we
give
o’er,
an
drown?
Line 4
Have
you
a
mind
to
sink?”
Line 5
_Tempest._
Our
watchful
adventurer
was
not
blind
to
these
well-known
and
sinister
omens.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yet again?”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you a mind to sink?””
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What do you here?”
Mind
noun
US /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you a mind to sink?””
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “_Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Yet again?”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
adventurer
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet again?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
blind
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you here?
drown
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From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
give
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From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What do you here?
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
o'er
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From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
omens
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
Shal
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From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
sinister
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
sink
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From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
Tempest
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
watchful
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
well-known
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From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you here?
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet again?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you here?