used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
(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 "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
bath-house
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From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
comparativelyadverbUS /kəmˈperətɪvli/
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
definiteadjectiveUS /ˈdefənət/
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
Elsie
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From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
at any time
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
the act of departing
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
hauntedadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːntɪd/
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I woke in the night and it all came back.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
immediately past
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
set afire or burning
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
MarleynounUS /ˈmɑːrli/
Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981)
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading I woke in the night and it all came back.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
perplexingadjectiveUS /pərˈpleksɪŋ/
lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
Identical; not different.
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
cut with a saw
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
create by training and teaching
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
precisely as stated
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The next day as the artist met Elsie on the beach on her way to the bath-house, his face lighted up.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
wokeverbUS /woʊk/
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading I woke in the night and it all came back.
wouldn't
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From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
a late time of life
From this reading "Oh, Miss Marley, it all came back to me, after twenty years," he exclaimed.
the day immediately before today
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Something about you has haunted my memory ever since I first saw you last week, and the song yesterday made it more definite and more perplexing.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading I heard that very same song on the train going South as a young man--comparatively young, though you wouldn't call it so.
