used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
Bos-ton
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From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
Eng-lish
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From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
fightsnounUS /faɪts/
plural of “fight” — a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
Gen-er-al
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From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
HowenounUS /haʊ/
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From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
come together
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
the force of workers available
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE REST OF THE WAR.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading THE REST OF THE WAR.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
cut with a saw
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
in the near future
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
express in speech
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REST OF THE WAR.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
soldiers collectively
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up to this time, most of the fights had been round Bos-ton.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading THE REST OF THE WAR.
Wash-ing-ton
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From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some men came to their aid from the South, and Lord Howe, with a great mass of Eng-lish troops, were there to meet them.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Lord Howe had word from King George first to speak of peace, but he did not know to whom he should speak.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading But Wash-ing-ton now saw that there would be a move made on New York; so he sent Gen-er-al Lee to help keep the town, and he soon went there too.
