used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
(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 It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
Ardenoo
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From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
BEATRICEnounUS /ˈbiːətrəs/
the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading Illustrated by BEATRICE ELVERY.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
bog-side
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From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
Boreen
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From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By K. F. PURDON.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
causey
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From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LTD.
couldn't
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From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
CrookedadjectiveUS /ˈkrʊkəd/
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
ELVERY
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From this reading Illustrated by BEATRICE ELVERY.
FnounUS /ef/
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading By K. F. PURDON.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
friendly-looking
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From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
high-road
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From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
IllustratedverbUS /ˈɪləstreɪtəd/
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated by BEATRICE ELVERY.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
KnounUS /keɪ/
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading By K. F. PURDON.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
LTD
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From this reading MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LTD.
engage in
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
MAUNSEL
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From this reading MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LTD.
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
Moloney's
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From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
pleasanter
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From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
PURDON
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From this reading By K. F. PURDON.
rightlyadverbUS /ˈraɪtli/
with honesty
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
Identical; not different.
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
stonyadjectiveUS /ˈstoʊni/
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
twistingnounUS /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
(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 And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
in or at the place that
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
windingadjectiveUS /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be hard to find a pleasanter, more friendly-looking place in all Ardenoo than Moloney's of the Crooked Boreen, where Big Michael and the wife lived, a piece up from the high-road.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And well might you call the little causey "crooked" that led to their door! for rough and stony that _boreen_ was, twisting and winding along by the bog-side, this way and that way, the same as if it couldn't rightly make up its mind where it wanted to bring you.
