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Chapter XII
CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home! Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.” Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face. He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet. He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.””
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
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From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
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From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
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From this reading He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
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From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
above and across; more than
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sitting at the table in his shirt-sleeves and rough overalls, the carpet slippers on his feet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was eating his supper,—the supper that he had cooked himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Caleb looked up over the rim of his glasses into the captain’s face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
at the time that
From this reading CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED When Captain Joe flung open Caleb’s cabin door, the same cry was on his lips: “She’s home, Caleb, she’s home!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Run 'way an’ lef’ him, jes’ ’s I knowed she would, soon’s she got the spell off’n her.”
