used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
any thing at all
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
the two together, not just one
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
else
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From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
every person
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
fiddlingadjectiveUS /ˈfɪdlɪŋ/
(informal) small and of little importance
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
the act of departing
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
Governor'snounUS /ˈɡʌvərnərz/
possessive form of “governor” — the head of a state government
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
only a very short time before
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
HAVEauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
I'm
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From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
isn't
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From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
and nothing more
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
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 In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
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 "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
MarianadjectiveUS /ˈmeriən/
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
Marian's
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From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
on one occasion
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
and nothing more
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
by chance
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
pillow-case
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From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
restlessadjectiveUS /ˈrestləs/
worried and uneasy
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
rubbingnounUS /ˈrʌbɪŋ/
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
stationedverbUS /ˈsteɪʃənd/
past form of “station” — assign to a station
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
They've
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From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
unconvincedadjectiveUS /ˌʌnkənˈvɪnst/
lacking conviction
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Perhaps they are," sighed Lucy, fiddling with the pillow-case on Marian's bed with restless fingers, "but it seems somehow as though everybody was going at once.
we'd
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From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
we've
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From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
(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, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading "MY ORDERS HAVE COME" "It isn't as though they were strangers, or we'd known them only a little while," Lucy protested, unconvinced.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "They've both been with us so long, I'm sure they are more American than anything else.
a late time of life
From this reading In the three years we've been stationed here they've hardly left Governor's Island."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, I think your father and Bob are right, just the same," said Marian, rubbing her eyes.
