used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
any person at all
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
any thing at all
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
awakenedadjectiveUS /əˈweɪkənd/
aroused or activated
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading The results eased his pain a little, but the boys were certainly scared.
clothing in general
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "We _got_ to get a doctor," Tom cried.
DivideverbUS /dɪˈvaɪd/
separate into parts or portions
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "We _got_ to get a doctor," Tom cried.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
easedadjectiveUS /iːzd/
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
From this reading The results eased his pain a little, but the boys were certainly scared.
emeticnounUS /ɪˈmetɪk/
a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
start firing a weapon
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
set up or found
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We _got_ to get a doctor," Tom cried.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
groansnounUS /ɡroʊnz/
plural of “groan” — an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
Joe
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From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
kitnounUS /kɪt/
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The results eased his pain a little, but the boys were certainly scared.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
RangernounUS /ˈreɪndʒər/
a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
Ranger'snounUS /ˈreɪndʒərz/
possessive form of “ranger” — a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
resultsnounUS /rɪˈzʌlts/
plural of “result” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading The results eased his pain a little, but the boys were certainly scared.
RiskingverbUS /ˈrɪskɪŋ/
-ing form of “risk” — expose to a chance of loss or damage
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
except for; apart from
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
scaredadjectiveUS /skerd/
made afraid
From this reading The results eased his pain a little, but the boys were certainly scared.
scrambledadjectiveUS /ˈskræmbəld/
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
Snow-Slides
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From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
stomachnounUS /ˈstʌmək/
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
a state of acute pain
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
male cat
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was suffering terrible pain, in his stomach evidently, and they had never seen anybody look so sick.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We _got_ to get a doctor," Tom cried.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading They scrambled into clothes; Joe made up the fire and put on water to heat, while Tom got out their first aid kit, and made an emetic, which they got down the poor Ranger's throat.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Divide, Risking Snow-Slides, to Save the Ranger's Life The Ranger spoke in jest, but in the night the boys were awakened by his groans, and they found his words were anything but a joke.
