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Chapter I
It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me. Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded. It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed. _Jac Hallen, Inter-Allied News_. Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.”
a period of time or extent
From this reading “Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.”
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading “It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.”
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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 It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
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From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
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From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
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From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
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From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
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From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
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From this reading _Jac Hallen, Inter-Allied News_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
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From this reading _Jac Hallen, Inter-Allied News_.
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From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
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From this reading _Jac Hallen, Inter-Allied News_.
a period of time or extent
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
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From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
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From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
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From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jac Hallen, Inter-Allied News_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
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From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
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From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not through the ordinary open airways, but in the National Length, and coded.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It came to my desk by official messenger, decoded, printed and sealed.
at the time that
From this reading It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come to me, North-east Island at once, if they can spare you.
