Chapter XII
“Good luck to your fishing! Whom watch ye to-night? A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT. SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat! Yes, and light, not lightning.
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Chapter XII
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“Good
luck
to
your
fishing!
Whom
watch
ye
to-night?
A
man
of
mean,
or
a
man
of
might?”—SCOTT.
SOMETHING
black
was
before
the
tossed
boat!
Yes,
and
light,
not
lightning.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
“Good
luck
to
your
fishing!
Line 2
Whom
watch
ye
to-night?
Line 3
A
man
of
mean,
or
a
man
of
might?”—SCOTT.
Line 4
SOMETHING
black
was
before
the
tossed
boat!
Line 5
Yes,
and
light,
not
lightning.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good luck to your fishing!”
Might
modal verb
US /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.”
SOMETHING
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!”
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
black
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From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
boat
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From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
fishing
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From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
light
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From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
lightning
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From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
luck
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From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
man
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From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
mean
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From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
SCOTT
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From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
to-night
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From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
tossed
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From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
watch
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From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
WhompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
Yes
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From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!