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Chapter XVI
White Wings upon the Waves. There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt. “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor. But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?” There was no time to lose.
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the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was no time to lose.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “White Wings upon the Waves.”
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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 “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
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From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading There was no time to lose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no time to lose.
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
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From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
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From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no time to lose.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
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From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
