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Chapter XII
“Oh, I don’t know. Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’ It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me. Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.” “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Oh, I don’t know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But all you’ve told me would make a long book.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But all you’ve told me would make a long book.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.””
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But all you’ve told me would make a long book.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““But all you’ve told me would make a long book.””
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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 “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
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From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
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From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
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From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
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From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
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From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
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From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
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From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
