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A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5. He kept his word. We heard his horn and instantly got up. It was dark and cold and wretched. As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.”
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From this reading A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5.
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From this reading A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
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From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He kept his word.
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He kept his word.
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
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From this reading He kept his word.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 5.
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
at the time that
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading He kept his word.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
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From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
