Chapter VI · Benighted in the Jungle

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

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

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

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

Having no one else present.

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

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

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading All must be brought to the notice of the Mem-sahibs.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

past form of “conduct” — direct the course of; manage or control

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

possessive form of “cook” — someone who cooks food

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

resembling or characteristic of a phantom

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

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

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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From this reading All must be brought to the notice of the Mem-sahibs.

leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

very unhappy; full of misery

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

a large indefinite number

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading All must be brought to the notice of the Mem-sahibs.

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

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading All must be brought to the notice of the Mem-sahibs.

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 ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

another word for person; a person not meriting identification

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

as yourself

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

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From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

not in physical motion

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading He always acted like the guide of a Cook’s personally conducted tour.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

branch out in a twiglike manner

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

displeasing to the senses

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

precisely as stated

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

having a face or visage as specified

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.

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From this reading Not a tree, or twig, or water-hole was left to be seen or not seen by us.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading ``Mercy o’ me, what a multitude are here!

in the company of; together with

From this reading They grow still, ``too; from all sides they are coming `````King Henry VIII= ```O, I have passed a miserable night, ```So full of ugly sights, of ghostly dreams `````King Richard III= |One of our hunters, a melancholy visaged individual, was a very amusing personage to go out with alone.