used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
aslopeadjective
having an oblique or slanted direction
From this reading High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
bubbleverbUS /ˈbʌbəl/
form, produce, or emit bubbles
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading NOON, by the North clock!
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading NOON, by the North clock!
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Noon, by the east!
EssexnounUS /ˈesɪks/
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
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greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
engage in
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belonging to the person speaking
From this reading High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
the middle of the day
From this reading NOON, by the North clock!
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading NOON, by the North clock!
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
PumpverbUS /pʌmp/
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
SalemnounUS /ˈseɪləm/
capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
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only a very short time before
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the place where some action occurs
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
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sunbeams
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From this reading High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
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from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.)
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
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toughadjectiveUS /tʌf/
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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troughnounUS /trɔːf/
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
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in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
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the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
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binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
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the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
