Chapter XVII · Social Conditions

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

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From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading The disquieting ideas of theft or assassination never disturbed them.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

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From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading The disquieting ideas of theft or assassination never disturbed them.

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From this reading The disquieting ideas of theft or assassination never disturbed them.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading The disquieting ideas of theft or assassination never disturbed them.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

not any; not one

From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

not one, and not any

From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The disquieting ideas of theft or assassination never disturbed them.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

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From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

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From this reading The disquieting ideas of theft or assassination never disturbed them.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

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From this reading There seemed to be no rogues of any kind in Typee.

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From this reading The social condition and general character of the Typees.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Each islander reposed beneath his own palmetto-thatching, or sat under his own bread-fruit, with none to molest or alarm him.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

in the company of; together with

From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.

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From this reading In the darkest nights the natives slept securely, with all their worldly wealth around them, in houses the doors of which were never fastened.