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Chapter XIII
She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words. He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea. He accused her of unnamable things.... His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film. His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.”
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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 His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
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From this reading He accused her of unnamable things....
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
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From this reading His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
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From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
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From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He accused her of unnamable things....
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He accused her of unnamable things....
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From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His mouth filled with saliva, that splattered with the venom of his words....
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His face swelled with his fury, the veins bulged upon his forehead, his eyes were covered with a dry film.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
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From this reading She said nothing; he flung into an insanity of words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He cursed her unspeakably, with every evil phrase he had learned in close to thirty years of the sea.
