Chapter II

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

From this reading INSIDE BASEBALL.

group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

for the reason that

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

a statute in draft before it becomes law

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

the status of being a champion

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

for the most part

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

contemptuous laughter

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

apart from; not including

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

(of persons) excessively affected by emotion

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

the act of departing

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

a university in Massachusetts

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

subdued or brought low in condition or status

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

in an industrious manner

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

From this reading INSIDE BASEBALL.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

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From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

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From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

moving slowly and gently

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

a customary way of operation or behavior

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

-ing form of “practice” — carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

plural of “pretension” — a false or unsupportable quality

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

plural of “problem” — a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

cut with a saw

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

plural of “sock” — hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

plural of “sophomore” — a second-year undergraduate

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

the season of growth

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

express a supposition

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “It’s bad enough to have to go out and do baseball practice,” said Jim’s big catcher.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

From this reading “But I suppose that if we’re going to win that series from the boys in the red socks, we’ve got to do a little practicing.”

in the company of; together with

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

the basic unit of money in South Korea

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Jim Phillips, industriously making himself a master of certain abstruse problems in mathematics, excited the derision of big Bill Brady, chiefly because it was a warm, lazy spring day, and, therefore, as Bill saw it, entirely out of the question for serious work.

a university in Connecticut

From this reading The two were sophomores, and had won fame as the great Yale battery that had humbled every college team with any pretensions to the championship except Harvard.