Chapter III
Duck! Dive! Here comes another one! Wait till the crest-ruffles show! Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
Chapter III
Duck! Dive! Here comes another one! Wait till the crest-ruffles show! Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Here comes another one!”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here comes another one!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Here comes another one!”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Wait till the crest-ruffles show!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here comes another one!
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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
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From this reading Here comes another one!
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From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
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From this reading Dive!
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From this reading Duck!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here comes another one!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Here comes another one!
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From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
up to a particular time
From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
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From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!