used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There may be some I have not found.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
BobbynounUS /ˈbɑːbi/
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
BrooknounUS /brʊk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
CoonnounUS /kuːn/
an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
recognizable; marked
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
Don't
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From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
with resolute determination
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
set up or found
From this reading “I found three traps,” said Billy Mink.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “There may be some I have not found.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
He'll
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From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I found three traps,” said Billy Mink.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
Joe
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From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “There may be some I have not found.
MinknounUS /mɪŋk/
the expensive fur of a mink
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
MuskratnounUS /ˈmʌskræt/
the brown fur of a muskrat
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “There may be some I have not found.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
OtternounUS /ˈɑːtər/
the fur of an otter
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter talked things over.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
PoolnounUS /puːl/
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
determined
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I found three traps,” said Billy Mink.
scoffverbUS /skɔːf/
laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter talked things over.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There may be some I have not found.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter talked things over.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “I found three traps,” said Billy Mink.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
trapsnounUS /træps/
plural of “trap” — a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
visitingnounUS /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/
the activity of making visits
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
a message informing of danger
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
look attentively
From this reading _Billy Mink._ After visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to watch out for traps, Bobby Coon decided that the Laughing Brook was altogether too dangerous a place for him, so he turned back into the Green Forest, firmly resolved to keep away from the Laughing Brook.
which person or people
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don’t scoff at one who runs away; He’ll live to scoff at you some day.
