used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was the morning after his “début.”
anew
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
(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 Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
blazoned
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From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
Caleb
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From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
cartingnounUS /ˈkɑːrtɪŋ/
the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading A pile of newspapers filled one of the study chairs.
ChinesenounUS /tʃaɪˈniːz/
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
Conover
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From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
dismantlingnounUS /dɪˈsmæntəlɪŋ/
the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
début
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From this reading It was the morning after his “début.”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
festivitiesnounUS /feˈstɪvətiz/
plural of “festivity” — any joyous diversion
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading A pile of newspapers filled one of the study chairs.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
garishadjectiveUS /ˈɡerɪʃ/
tastelessly showy
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was the morning after his “début.”
a social unit living together
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
humornounUS /ˈhjuːmər/
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
intermittentlyadverbUS /ˌɪntərˈmɪtəntli/
in an intermittent manner
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the morning after his “début.”
journalnounUS /ˈdʒɜːrnəl/
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
laborersnounUS /ˈleɪbərərz/
plural of “laborer” — someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
lanternsnounUS /ˈlæntərnz/
plural of “lantern” — light in a transparent protective case
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
litternounUS /ˈlɪtər/
the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
localadjectiveUS /ˈloʊkəl/
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was the morning after his “début.”
newspapersnounUS /ˈnuːzpeɪpərz/
plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading A pile of newspapers filled one of the study chairs.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A pile of newspapers filled one of the study chairs.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
pacedverbUS /peɪst/
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading A pile of newspapers filled one of the study chairs.
Railroadernoun
an employee of a railroad
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
receptionnounUS /rɪˈsepʃən/
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading On the front page of each local journal was blazoned a garish account of the Conover reception.
with low volume
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
stringsnounUS /strɪŋz/
the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
treadverbUS /tred/
put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
look attentively
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
(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 Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
at the time that
From this reading Caleb Conover, Railroader, was in a humor when all the household thought well to tread softly.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He paced his study intermittently, stopping now and again at a window to watch laborers at work in the grounds below, dismantling the strings of Chinese lanterns, and carting away other litter of the festivities.
