Chapter XII · Our Butler Levants

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

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

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

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

the two together, not just one

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

a slight wind (usually refreshing)

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

make by combining materials and parts

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

go after with the intent to catch

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

a copy that is represented as the original

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

From this reading I hate and detest tents, even the most sumptuous.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

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From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

divisible by two

From this reading I hate and detest tents, even the most sumptuous.

having or displaying warmth or affection

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

in a willing manner

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

From this reading I hate and detest tents, even the most sumptuous.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

temporary military shelter

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

badly or hastily built

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

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

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

occurring by chance

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

the force of workers available

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

the next day

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

used to form the superlative

From this reading I hate and detest tents, even the most sumptuous.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

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, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

usable for a specific purpose

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

an ardent male lover

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading I should never have done for a Bedouin or Baluchi.

term of address for a man

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

move stealthily

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

From this reading I hate and detest tents, even the most sumptuous.

plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

From this reading I hate and detest tents, even the most sumptuous.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

in or at that place or location

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

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

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading At such times I made my canvas residence a cache-tent, and gladly took up my abode in my jerry-built shelter, esteeming myself lucky in having it.

under normal conditions

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

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

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?

at the time that

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

at any time that; every time that

From this reading ```The slip, sir, the slip `````Romeo and Juliet= |Whenever practicable, usually when we remained a day or two in the one place, I made the men build me a little hut of bushes, so that if there was any breeze it blew through the branches.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ```O, I am out of breath in this fond chase `````Midsummer Night’s Dream= ``Good morrow to you both; what counterfeit did I give you?