used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
any thing at all
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
Bessie
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From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
divisible by two
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
your parents
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
fooledverbUS /fuːld/
past form of “fool” — make a fool or dupe of
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
a young female
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
he'd
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From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
how
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From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
it'll
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From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
roused to anger
From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
the force of workers available
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
SHAVEverbUS /ʃeɪv/
remove body hair with a razor
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
express a supposition
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A CLOSE SHAVE "I never thought of that, Bessie!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It made him look foolish before all those men and it'll be a long time before folks let him forget how he was fooled by a girl."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I think he'd do anything he could to get even with you for running away like that.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you suppose he'd really go after the girls and look for us there?"
Zara
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From this reading "You could hear how mad he was, Zara.
