used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
any thing at all
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
atin
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From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
daresay
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From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
drinkin
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From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
fellow-bein
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From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
gatherin
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From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
coins made of gold
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
I'll
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From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
I'm
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From this reading "`I'm your man then,' I says.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
isn't
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From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
it's
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From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
a boy or man
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
lashin's
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From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
lookin
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From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
engage in
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "`I'm your man then,' I says.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
nate
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From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
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 "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
Rory
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From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
Identical; not different.
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
shootin
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From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
express in words
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "`I'll do anything short of shootin' a fellow-bein',' says I, `for that same.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
in or at that place or location
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
a special situation
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
thir
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From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
in the company of; together with
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "`You'll have lashin's o' atin' and drinkin',' says he, `and lashin's o' gold for the gatherin', but there is one thing, and that isn't two, which I must tell you; you'll have to fight, Rory lad.'
you'd
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From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
you'll
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From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "`Then sure,' says he, `I daresay it isn't sorry to make your fortune you'd be.'
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "`Well,' says he, `it's lookin' out for nate young fellows like yourself I do be, and if you'll sail with me to a foreign shore, thir you'll see what you'll see.'
