Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

later than; following

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

(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 BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

move up and down repeatedly

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

possessive form of “bob” — a former monetary unit in Great Britain

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

third-person singular of “continue” — continue a certain state, condition, or activity

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

a state in which you want to learn more about something

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

let fall to the ground

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

-ing form of “eye” — look at

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

set up or found

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Have you known Mr. Perkins long?"

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

cause to move by striking

From this reading "You must have made a hit with him."

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From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I only met him to-night."

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

apprehended with certainty

From this reading "Have you known Mr. Perkins long?"

a boy or man

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading "Have you known Mr. Perkins long?"

for more time

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading "You must have made a hit with him."

the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading "I only met him to-night."

a form of address for a man

From this reading "Have you known Mr. Perkins long?"

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "You must have made a hit with him."

not any; not one

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

and nothing more

From this reading "I only met him to-night."

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From this reading "Have you known Mr. Perkins long?"

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From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

an executive officer of a firm or corporation

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading "No," replied Bob.

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

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From this reading "I only met him to-night."

at the time that

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

during the time that

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

in the company of; together with

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading BOB'S LUCK CONTINUES After the railroad president had left the car, the brakeman found a chair for Bob, and showed him how to work its mechanism so that he could drop it back when he wished to go to sleep, all the while eyeing the poorly-dressed lad with evident curiosity, which finally he could no longer restrain, and he asked:

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Have you known Mr. Perkins long?"