used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
accentnounUS /əkˈsent/
distinctive manner of oral expression
From this reading There was no detecting a false accent.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
Anglo-Saxonnoun
a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
Archie
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From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
Archie's
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From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
ArmstrongnounUS /ˈɑːrmstrɑːŋ/
United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-)
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
awkwardadjectiveUS /ˈɑːkwərd/
causing inconvenience
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
brought into existence
From this reading There was no telling that he was not French born and Paris bred.
bredverbUS /bred/
inflected form of “breed” — call forth
From this reading There was no telling that he was not French born and Paris bred.
BurntadjectiveUS /bɜːrnt/
ruined by overcooking
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
cosmopolitan-English
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From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
CrestedadjectiveUS /ˈkrestɪd/
bearing an heraldic device
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
detectingnounUS /dɪˈtektɪŋ/
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
From this reading There was no detecting a false accent.
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading There was no detecting a false accent.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
HeavenlyadjectiveUS /ˈhevənli/
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
an indirect suggestion
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
jabberverb
talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
JoinsnounUS /dʒɔɪnz/
plural of “join” — the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
and nothing more
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no detecting a false accent.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was no telling that he was not French born and Paris bred.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading There was no telling that he was not French born and Paris bred.
Piraticaladjective
characteristic of pirates
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
SailsnounUS /seɪlz/
plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
SchoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a large beer glass
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
SeasnounUS /siːz/
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
express in speech
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading There was no telling that he was not French born and Paris bred.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no detecting a false accent.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading There was no hint of an awkward Anglo-Saxon tongue in his speech.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
tutorverbUS /ˈtuːtər/
be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
From this reading Archie's French nurse and cosmopolitan-English tutor had taken care of that.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _In Which Archie Armstrong Joins a Piratical Expedition and Sails Crested Seas to Cut Out the Schooner "Heavenly Home"_ It was quite true that Archie Armstrong could speak French; it was just as true, as Bill o' Burnt Bay observed, that he could jabber it like a native.
