used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
Ames
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From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
Binks
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From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
botherverbUS /ˈbɑːðər/
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But it isn’t so easy to get it off your heart.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “Didn’t your mother know of any free sanitorium?” demanded Georgia.
Didn't
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From this reading “Didn’t your mother know of any free sanitorium?” demanded Georgia.
don't
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From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “But it isn’t so easy to get it off your heart.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “Didn’t your mother know of any free sanitorium?” demanded Georgia.
freshmannounUS /ˈfreʃmən/
a first-year undergraduate
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
GeorgianounUS /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/
a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Binks shook her head.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “But it isn’t so easy to get it off your heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Binks shook her head.
how
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From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
isn't
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From this reading “But it isn’t so easy to get it off your heart.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
JISTS
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From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Didn’t your mother know of any free sanitorium?” demanded Georgia.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Didn’t your mother know of any free sanitorium?” demanded Georgia.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
sanitorium
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From this reading “Didn’t your mother know of any free sanitorium?” demanded Georgia.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Binks shook her head.
and nothing more
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “But it isn’t so easy to get it off your heart.
soberlyadverbUS /ˈsoʊbərli/
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
a person, without saying who
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
SUFFRAGISTSnounUS /ˈsʌfrədʒɪsts/
plural of “suffragist” — an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
a special situation
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
precisely as stated
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
WalesnounUS /weɪlz/
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
From this reading I don’t know how to begin, and I hate to bother you and Miss Wales any more, Georgia, but something has simply got to be done for that poor freshman Jones.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS “You can get a thing off your mind easily enough by telling it to somebody,” said little Binks Ames very soberly.
