a'most
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From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
adnounUS /æd/
a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
adn't
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From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
(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 That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
eagerly desirous
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
next to; at the side of
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
blazingadjectiveUS /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/
shining intensely
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
the two together, not just one
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
carefulnessnounUS /ˈkerfəlnes/
the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
a quad with a square body
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
every person
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
plural of “family” — a social unit living together
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
FridaynounUS /ˈfraɪdi/
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
GubbinsnounUS /ˈɡʌbɪnz/
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
cause to move by striking
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
imself
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From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
and nothing more
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
keepersnounUS /ˈkiːpərz/
plural of “keeper” — someone in charge of other people
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
a form of address for a man
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
not any; not one
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
olding
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From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
on one occasion
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
precisely, exactly
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
only a very short time before
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
Sutton
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From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
they'd
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From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
up to a particular time
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.
TuesdaynounUS /ˈtuːzdi/
the third day of the week; the second working day
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
two times
From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
wasn't
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From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
at the time that
From this reading That was on Tuesday, and things went on all right till Friday, when Mr. Sutton 'ad another shoot.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The noise that was made was awful—everybody shouting that they 'adn't done it, and all speaking at once, and Mr. Sutton was dancing about a'most beside 'imself with rage.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading They went on blazing away, and just at the corner of the wood Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins was both hit; Sam in the leg and Peter in the arm.
wot
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From this reading Once or twice the keepers spoke to 'em about carefulness, and said wot large families they'd got, but it wasn't much good.
