Chapter IV · Through the Crimea--in and Around Sevastopol

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

in addition

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

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From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

a tract of land used for burials

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

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From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

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From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

move away from a place into another direction

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

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From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

plural of “eccentricity” — strange and unconventional behavior

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

a movement into or inward

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

an item inserted in a written record

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the act of escaping physically

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

moving swiftly

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

a requirement of etiquette or custom

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

set up or found

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

ten 10s

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

determine the result of (a competition)

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

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 reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

not any; not one

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

according to the clock

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

plural of “offer” — the verbal act of offering

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

the force of policemen and officers

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

in a polite manner

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

plural of “port” — a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

unusual or striking

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

plural of “reminiscence” — a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

free from harm or evil

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

elude, especially in a baffling way

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

move upward

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

cut with a saw

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

a city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

past form of “shirk” — avoid (one's assigned duties)

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

without any others being included or involved

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

in the near future

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

a clam that is usually steamed in the shell

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

a salt used especially in baking powder

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

in or at that place or location

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

From this reading We reached Odessa in the morning, and found that a steamer left at two o’clock in the afternoon for the ports of the Crimea, and as soon as we had passed the formalities of the Custom-House and the police--no trifling matters--we went to the steamer in question.

a source of difficulty

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Being there--less than two hundred miles from Sevastopol--we could not resist the temptation to pay a flying visit to the Crimea.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

precisely as stated

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading WE went to Odessa, as I said, solely to escape the quarantine on entering Turkey.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._

at the time that

From this reading And, by the way, they put us through very cautiously, and also very politely, when we entered the empire.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _A Visit to the Crimea--The Porter with the Big Books--The Danger of Siberia--Our Entry into Sevastopol--Terrible Reminiscences of the Crimean War--How we shirked the Cemetery--The Great Dock-Yard of Sevastopol--We Visit a Remarkable Gunboat--What we saw Below-Deck--The Story that our Landlord Told--An Enterprising Tartar--The “Doubter” offers an opinion--How the “Judge” stole a Newspaper--Adventures by the Way--The “Doubter” gets into Trouble--We Fly to the Rescue--Eccentricities of a Selfish Man--We Rise and Depart._