used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
(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 The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
awaaey
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From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
dearly loved
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
BrowningnounUS /ˈbraʊnɪŋ/
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
canters
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From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
Dosn't
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From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saaey."
a quad with a square body
From this reading Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saaey."
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
erse's
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From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
set up or found
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
gallopedverbUS /ˈɡæləpt/
past form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
glowsnounUS /ɡloʊz/
plural of “glow” — an alert and refreshed state
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
JerusalemnounUS /dʒərˈuːsələm/
capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed)
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
immediately past
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
staying power
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
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 Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
not any; not one
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
Pembury
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From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
Proputty
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From this reading Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saaey."
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
saaey
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From this reading Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saaey."
express in words
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
shyverbUS /ʃaɪ/
start suddenly, as from fright
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
express in words
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
TennysonnounUS /ˈtenɪsən/
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
that's
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From this reading Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saaey."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
tunenounUS /tuːn/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
at the time that
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The tune of this kept me silent all the while we galloped: this and Pembury, a name that glows to me now like the New Jerusalem.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
wishingnounUS /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/
a specific feeling of desire
From this reading Beloved: No, not Browning but Tennyson was in my thoughts at our last ride together: and I found myself shy, as I have been for a long time wishing to say things I could not.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So I bring Tennyson to tell you what I mean:-- "Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaaey?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What has never entered your head to ask becomes difficult when I wish to get it spoken.
