afore
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
Alice
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From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
(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's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
ater
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From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
blowedverbUS /bloʊd/
past form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
blowsnounUS /bloʊz/
plural of “blow” — a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading THE COLD HOUSE-WARMING.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
eber
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
fasser
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
start firing a weapon
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
frighted
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
hadn't
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
HOUSE-WARMING
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From this reading THE COLD HOUSE-WARMING.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
ill-wind
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From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
It's
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From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
judgment-day
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From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
libbed
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
log-house
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
MasseradjectiveUS /ˈmæsər/
comparative of “mass” — formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
not any; not one
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
no person; not anyone
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
obnoun
a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
pine-woods
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From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
prayedverbUS /preɪd/
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
ribber
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From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COLD HOUSE-WARMING.
up to a particular time
From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
ud
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From this reading Masser 'ud libbed in dat log-house till de day he died, hadn't been for dat fire dat frighted me so, and made me pray fasser 'n eber I prayed afore.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
at the time that
From this reading Miss Alice, it looked like de judgment-day, when we sailed down de ribber in de light ob de pine-woods.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
yar
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From this reading "It's an ill-wind dat blows nobody no good; and dat yar wind dat blowed de fire right down on our cabin did us some good ater all.
