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Chapter XII
R. L. S. TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889. MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived. We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage. This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.”
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From this reading TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
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From this reading TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
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From this reading TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889.
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From this reading R. L. S.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR BURLINGAME,—Here at last I have arrived.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading R. L. S.
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From this reading R. L. S.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
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From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
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From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
up to a particular time
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO E. L. BURLINGAME _Honolulu_, _January_ 1889.
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From this reading This has thrown me all out of gear in every way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could not get away from Tahiti till Christmas Day, and then had thirty days of calms and squalls, a deplorable passage.
