Chapter XV
I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.” “But I could manage quite well. It will be moonlight, and such a still night. There would be no real difficulty.” “I will not let you go.”
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Chapter XV
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I
SAIL
WITH
MY
BAND
‟I
WILL
not
let
you
go
alone.”
“But
I
could
manage
quite
well.
It
will
be
moonlight,
and
such
a
still
night.
There
would
be
no
real
difficulty.”
“I
will
not
let
you
go.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
I
SAIL
WITH
MY
BAND
‟I
WILL
not
let
you
go
alone.”
Line 2
“But
I
could
manage
quite
well.
Line 3
It
will
be
moonlight,
and
such
a
still
night.
Line 4
There
would
be
no
real
difficulty.”
Line 5
“I
will
not
let
you
go.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Alone
noun
US /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““But I could manage quite well.”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
Quite
noun
US /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But I could manage quite well.”
SAIL
noun
US /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It will be moonlight, and such a still night.”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But I could manage quite well.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There would be no real difficulty.””
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
BAND
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From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
difficulty
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From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
go
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From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
manage
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From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
moonlight
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From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
night
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From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
real
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From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
SAILnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
There
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From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
well
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From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
WILLmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”