Chapter XI · Chapter 11

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

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

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

plural of “argument” — a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

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in or near a particular place or position

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

immersing the body in water or sunshine

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

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

From this reading "For pity's sake! what can that be?"

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

give a benediction to

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

eat an early morning meal

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "For pity's sake! what can that be?"

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading "One of Tubby's unanswerable arguments?" cried Wyn.

past form of “defend” — argue or speak in defense of

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

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

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

either extremity of something that has length

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the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "For pity's sake! what can that be?"

showing where something starts, or who sent it

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a man of refinement

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

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Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

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

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

a small natural hill

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

an intermediate platform in a staircase

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

set up or found

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

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

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

a woman of refinement

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

a form of address for a married woman

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in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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From this reading "For pity's sake! what can that be?"

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

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United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

a reason for wanting something done

From this reading "For pity's sake! what can that be?"

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From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

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

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

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

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

hard to endure

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

impossible to answer

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

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From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

in or at the place that

From this reading WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED "And where is Professor Skillings?" asked Mrs. Havel, as the well-laden launch drew away from the little natural landing which defended one end of the girls' bathing beach at Green Knoll Camp.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

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the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading "Why, at breakfast this morning the professor got to 'dreaming,' as he sometimes does.

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From this reading "One of Tubby's unanswerable arguments?" cried Wyn.

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From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Bless your heart, ma'am," said Ferdinand Roberts, laughing, "the old gentleman is trying to figure out one of Tubby's unanswerable arguments--that is, I believe, what you'd call it."