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Chapter VIII
The rapscallion began to laugh. "Never mind," said he. "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them." "Never, while I live." "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The rapscallion began to laugh.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “"Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Never mind," said he.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Never mind," said he.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.”
during the time that
From this reading “"Never, while I live."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rapscallion began to laugh.
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From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
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From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Never mind," said he.
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
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From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rapscallion began to laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Never, while I live."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Never mind," said he.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Never mind," said he.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rapscallion began to laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Never mind," said he.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The rapscallion began to laugh.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The rapscallion began to laugh.
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From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
during the time that
From this reading "Never, while I live."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I have a means of plunging you into the sloughs of three brazen hussies, as you call them."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Head and heels you shall go in--with your two feet, two hands, two ivory breasts, and two other things, white as snow--your teeth, your hair, and everything.
