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From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
Arturo
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From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
Arturo's
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From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading We did not chance to notice it.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
the first light of day
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
DolphinnounUS /ˈdɑːlfən/
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
an opposing military force
From this reading THIS ENEMY INFERNAL!
divisible by two
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
globenounUS /ɡloʊb/
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
coins made of gold
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
INFERNALadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈfɜːrnəl/
characteristic of or resembling Hell
From this reading THIS ENEMY INFERNAL!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We did not chance to notice it.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
make reference to
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
metalnounUS /ˈmetəl/
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
not any; not one
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading We did not chance to notice it.
ocean'snounUS /ˈoʊʃənz/
possessive form of “ocean” — a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
a light shade of red
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
planenounUS /pleɪn/
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Arturo did not mention, then, the globe of metal lying there in the rocks at the ocean’s edge.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THIS ENEMY INFERNAL!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We did not chance to notice it.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
tropicadjectiveUS /ˈtrɑːpɪk/
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
the act of using
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In the pink and gold tropic dawn of the morning of August 15, we took them aboard the Dolphin.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We left Arturo’s plane--he said, with a quiet force which had come to him, that even if we could have taken it, we had no use for it.
