Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

at or in the front

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

plural of “chart” — a visual display of information

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

a flow of electricity through a conductor

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

absence of light or illumination

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

in an exultant manner

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

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

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

being ten more than thirty

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

ten 10s

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

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

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

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

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

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

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

lacking companions or companionship

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

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

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

the largest ocean in the world

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

drawn or written with a pencil

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

the quantity of a crop that is harvested

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

precisely, exactly

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

filled with satisfaction

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

cut with a saw

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

the act of guiding or showing the way

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

in or at that place or location

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

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

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

a source of difficulty

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

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

From this reading I did not know my way into Ujilon Lagoon, for I had never been there before, so I now had some trouble in picking up one of the two passages on the south side of the great atoll.

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

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

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

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading “_Te fanua, te fanua! te fanua umi, umi lava!_” (“Land, land! a long, long land!”)

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

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

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

look attentively

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading It was daylight of the sixth day out from Kusaie, and as I stood up to get a better view of the land I was well satisfied.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading As we, the “watch below”--Niâbon, Tepi, and myself--heard Tematau's loud cry, we sat up, and saw a long, dark line pencilled on the horizon right ahead, which we knew was the great lonely atoll named Providence Island on the charts, and called Ujilon by the natives of the North-Western Pacific.

which person or people

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”

in the company of; together with

From this reading “We have done well,” I said exultantly to Lucia, who was steering: “three hundred and forty miles in five days--with a two-knot current against us all the way!”