used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
alongsideadverbUS /əˈlɔːŋˈsaɪd/
side by side
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
ammunitionnounUS /ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən/
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
any thing at all
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you badly hurt?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading Are you badly hurt?"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
next to; at the side of
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
(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 "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
Chrysie
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From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
don't
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From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
excellencynounUS /ˈekˈslensi/
a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by “Your” or “His” or “Her”
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
provide as food
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
at or to or toward the front
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
gangwaynoun
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
Good-morning
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From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
half-poisoned
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From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
high-tonedadjective
pretentiously elegant
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
be the source of pain
From this reading Are you badly hurt?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
I'll
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From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
laconicallyadverb
in a dry laconic manner
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
marquisenoun
a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
MaximnounUS /ˈmæksəm/
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
Nadine
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From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
a judge of a probate court
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
capable of happening or existing
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
propositionnounUS /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃən/
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
railnounUS /reɪl/
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
rangedverbUS /reɪndʒd/
past form of “range” — change or be different within limits
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
RobertsonnounUS /ˈrɑːbərtsən/
United States basketball guard (born in 1938)
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
cause to go somewhere
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
sinkverbUS /sɪŋk/
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
in the near future
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
not in physical motion
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
carry out
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
there's
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From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The _Nadine_ ranged alongside, Miss Chrysie still sitting at her Maxim, with Robertson beside her ready to see to the ammunition feed, and the president, leaning over the forward rail, said, as laconically as though he had been putting the most ordinary business proposition:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Good-morning, excellency; I guess you and the countess had better come on board as soon as possible.
you'll
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From this reading If you'll lower the gangway I'll send a boat; but if there's any more shooting I shall sink you.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge.
