used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
eagerly desirous
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
building-sites
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From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
-ing form of “consider” — deem to be
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
dearly loved
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
eh
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From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
Haynton
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From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
advanced in complexity or elaboration
From this reading IRON LOOKS STILL HIGHER.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading IRON LOOKS STILL HIGHER.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
It's
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From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading IRON LOOKS STILL HIGHER.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
others
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From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
not in physical motion
From this reading IRON LOOKS STILL HIGHER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
There's
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From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There’s been a good deal of money made this winter, and now people seem anxious to spend it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three different people have bought building-sites of the Haynton Bay Company, and a number of others seem interested.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
Tramlay
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From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
villanounUS /ˈvɪlə/
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading It’s about time for us to be considering plans for our villa,--eh?”
(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, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Well, my dear,” said Tramlay to his wife one evening in late winter, “the spell is broken.
