filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
(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 But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I'll take care of him.”
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
damnedadjectiveUS /dæmd/
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
dasn't
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From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
don't
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From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
FlintnounUS /flɪnt/
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
hunksnounUS /hʌŋks/
plural of “hunk” — a well-built sexually attractive man
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
I'll
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From this reading I'll take care of him.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
and nothing more
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
go away from a place
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
meannessnounUS /ˈmiːnnəs/
the quality of being deliberately mean
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'll take care of him.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
Others
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From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
PatverbUS /pæt/
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
RileynounUS /ˈraɪli/
United States poet (1849-1916)
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
shudderedverbUS /ˈʃʌdərd/
past form of “shudder” — shake, as from cold
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
skipverbUS /skɪp/
bypass
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
stakenounUS /steɪk/
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
suggestionsnounUS /səˈdʒestʃənz/
plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
carry out
From this reading I'll take care of him.”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
past form of “thank” — express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
we'll
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From this reading Others said, “Run away from him; we'll stake you; skip out for the coast some night.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The boy thanked him with tears in his eyes, but shuddered and said he “dasn't risk it”; he said Flint would catch him alone, some time, in the night, and then--“Oh, it makes me sick, Mr. Riley, to think of it.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Pat Riley urged him, and said, “You leave the damned hunks and come with me; don't you be afraid.
