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From this reading Monday, May 4, 1801.
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From this reading Monday, May 4, 1801.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
auditorsnounUS /ˈɑːdətərz/
plural of “auditor” — someone who listens attentively
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
baredadjectiveUS /berd/
having the head uncovered
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
contractedadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːntræktəd/
reduced in size or pulled together
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
DavynounUS /ˈdeɪvi/
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
dearly loved
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
fibresnounUS /ˈfaɪbərz/
plural of “fibre” — a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
FridaynounUS /ˈfraɪdi/
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
galvanismnoun
electricity produced by chemical action
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
the act of giving
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
lecturesnounUS /ˈlektʃərz/
plural of “lecture” — a speech that is open to the public
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
life-mocking
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From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Monday, May 4, 1801.
MondaynounUS /ˈmʌndi/
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Monday, May 4, 1801.
motivenounUS /ˈmoʊtɪv/
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
musclesnounUS /ˈmʌsəlz/
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
an old word for “no”
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
information about recent and important events
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
tingled
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From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
TobinnounUS /ˈtoʊbɪn/
United States economist (1918-2002)
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
the day immediately before today
From this reading My dear Davy, I heard from Tobin the day before yesterday--nay, it was Friday.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading From him I learn that you are giving lectures on galvanism.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would to God I were one of your auditors!
zincifying
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From this reading My motive muscles tingled and contracted at the news, as if you had bared them, and were 'zincifying' their life-mocking fibres.
