used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
(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 # “That's all right.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
bedsidenounUS /ˈbedsaɪd/
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “Oh, much better, sir.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
daybreaknounUS /ˈdeɪbreɪk/
the first light of day
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
despatchverb
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
DublinnounUS /ˈdʌblɪn/
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
Fred
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From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
how
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From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “Oh, much better, sir.
n't
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From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, much better, sir.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
on one occasion
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
and nothing more
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
requiringverbUS /riˈkwaɪərɪŋ/
-ing form of “require” — require as useful, just, or proper
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading # “That's all right.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Oh, much better, sir.
in the near future
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
SorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
sprainverbUS /spreɪn/
twist suddenly so as to sprain
From this reading I can move the foot a little, and I feel assured it 's only a severe sprain.”
That's
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From this reading # “That's all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
urgentadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrdʒənt/
compelling immediate action
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
precisely as stated
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Very soon after daybreak the Colonel was up and at the bedside of his young friend.
