used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
Adele
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From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
using the voice; not silently
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
a youthful male person
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
don't
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From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
your parents
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
the act of departing
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
hasn't
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From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
I'd
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From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
I'm
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From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
immediately past
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
express in words
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
successive (without a break)
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
precisely as stated
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading It hasn’t brought me any happiness and I don’t want it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
wasn't
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From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
in or at the place that
From this reading I’m going back to the town where I was a boy and I’m going to live straight.”
which person or people
From this reading I’d give it back to the folks who own it, if I knew who they was, but I don’t.
whoever
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From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “To whoever finds this money, I wish to say that it wasn’t come by honest.
the act of creating written works
From this reading The writing in places was very hard to read, but at last they made it out, and Adele read aloud:
