between
/bəˈtwin/ preposition A1- In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) · John stood between Amy and Mary. Let’s meet between two and three.· I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
- Done together or reciprocally. · conversation between friends
- Shared in confidence. · Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy. Let's keep this between ourselves.
- In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places). · He's between jobs right now. The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.
- Combined (by effort or ownership). · Between us all, we shall succeed. We've only got £5 between us.· Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.
- One of (representing a choice). · You must choose between him and me.· Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.
- Taking together the combined effect of. · Between the food and the card games, this proved to be the best birthday party I have ever had.
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As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island.
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board.
Dantès himself was simply, but becomingly, clad in the dress peculiar to the merchant service—a costume somewhat between a military and a civil garb; and with his fine countenance, radiant with joy and happiness, a more perfect specimen of manly beauty could scarcely be imagined.
The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glided away as rapidly as possible in the midst of the thousand vessels which choke up the narrow way which leads between the two rows of ships from the mouth of the harbor to the Quai d’Orléans.
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