Chapter XXII

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From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

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

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a town in Louisiana on the Red River

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

projectiles to be fired from a gun

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

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

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

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

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

eagerly desirous

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

feeling or expressive of gratitude

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

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

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “audience” — a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

(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 I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

an occurrence of something

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

a path over which electrical signals can pass

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

rid of obstructions

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

past form of “consist” — originate

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

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

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

recognizable; marked

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

plural of “destroyer” — a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

plural of “dwarf” — a person who is markedly small

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

marked by complexity and richness of detail

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

an opposing military force

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “expense” — amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

any creature of exceptional size

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

plural of “giant” — any creature of exceptional size

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

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

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination)

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

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

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

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

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

harmed

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

past form of “intern” — deprive of freedom

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

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

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

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

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

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

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

plural of “net” — a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

past form of “pelt” — cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “person” — a human being

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

plural of “pharaoh” — the title of the ancient Egyptian kings

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

plural of “pig” — domestic swine

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “pontoon” — (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “precaution” — a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “pyramid” — a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

free from harm or evil

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

in a serious manner

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

plural of “submarine” — a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

carry out

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

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

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

in or at that place or location

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

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

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading My company at this time consisted of six persons: myself, three dwarfs, a giant, and a contortionist.

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

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

in the direction of

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

not wounded

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

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From this reading IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME My trip to the land of the Pharaohs--Giants and dwarfs on a P.

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

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

(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 I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading Towards the end of May, 1915, as I was feeling a bit “hipped” and run down, I decided to take a short sea voyage to Egypt, a land I had always wished to see.

in the company of; together with

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.

actively engaged in paid work

From this reading I had heard that there were numbers of wounded there, as well as a large number of unwounded soldiers, and I decided, therefore, to take my company with me; arguing that if by so doing I was able to clear working expenses so much the better, and that in any case I should be sure of appreciative audiences amongst the convalescents and the less seriously injured.

people who are wounded

From this reading & O. liner--We are ordered into Plymouth--Submarines--An exciting experience--Destroyers to the rescue--The dwarfs and the lifebelts--Sports at sea--My contortionist is taken ill-- Anxious days--Kindness of the Maharajah of Jodhpur--Arrival at Port Said--Cairo--I engage another contortionist--Pelted with money--Pigs at Port Said--Captured Turkish pontoons at Cairo--Turkish prisoners playing tennis--Interned enemy ships at Alexandria--Wounded soldiers--At the Pyramids--Ammunition from India--On the way home--Across France in war-time--The Channel passage--Elaborate precautions--Submarine nets--Paris in war-time--Madrid in war-time.