used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
buildernounUS /ˈbɪldər/
a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
correspondentsnounUS /ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndənts/
plural of “correspondent” — someone who communicates by means of letters
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
eh
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From this reading "Something has gone wrong, eh?"
Farnum
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From this reading "Where's your show, Mr. Farnum?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
the act of departing
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Something has gone wrong, eh?"
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Something has gone wrong, eh?"
inventornounUS /ˌɪnˈventər/
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
isn't
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From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
journalistnounUS /ˈdʒɜːrnələst/
a writer for newspapers and magazines
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
MISSINGadjectiveUS /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
not able to be found
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Where's your show, Mr. Farnum?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
-ing form of “point” — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "Where's your show, Mr. Farnum?"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Something has gone wrong, eh?"
SUBMARINEnounUS /ˈsʌbməriːn/
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
From this reading MISSING--A SUBMARINE AND CREW Fifteen minutes more dragged by.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
There's
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From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
tragedynounUS /ˈtrædʒədi/
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "There's a tragedy going on over there, isn't there?" demanded another journalist, pointing out across the water.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
Where's
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From this reading "Where's your show, Mr. Farnum?"
worriedadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːrid/
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading "Something has gone wrong, eh?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where's your show, Mr. Farnum?"
