used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Well, sir, there were just no two ways about it.
plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
AndalusianadjectiveUS /ˌændəˈluːʃən/
in or relating to Andalusia
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
commuteverbUS /kəˈmjuːt/
exchange positions without a change in value
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
conchnounUS /kɑːntʃ/
any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
confineverbUS /kənˈfaɪn/
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
enginesnounUS /ˈendʒənz/
plural of “engine” — motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
your parents
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
the act of retaining something
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
and nothing more
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
Lackawanna
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
louderadjectiveUS /ˈlaʊdər/
comparative of “loud” — characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
mermaidnounUS /ˈmɜːrmeɪd/
half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
Montclair
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
not any; not one
From this reading Well, sir, there were just no two ways about it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
ofteneradverbUS /ˈɔːfənər/
more often or more frequently
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
poison-gas
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
RailroadnounUS /ˈreɪlroʊd/
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
salesmannounUS /ˈseɪlzmən/
a man salesperson
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
express in words
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
shellnounUS /ʃel/
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
sinkingnounUS /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
term of address for a man
From this reading Well, sir, there were just no two ways about it.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
spooknounUS /spuːk/
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
stiflesnounUS /ˈstaɪfəlz/
plural of “stifle” — joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
suburbanitesnounUS /səˈbɜːrbənaɪts/
plural of “suburbanite” — a resident of a suburb
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Well, sir, there were just no two ways about it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Well, sir, there were just no two ways about it.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading Well, sir, there were just no two ways about it.
(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, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I tried it for a few months but the air is dead on land and it stifles me like poison-gas when I breathe it, and besides, I kept hearing the call of the sea oftener and oftener and louder and louder just as though a spook mermaid were holding a conch shell to my ear.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
at the time that
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was not cut out for a salesman but I could handle a key with the best of them.
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 Well, after the sinking of the _Andalusian_ my folks thought I ought to be willing to give up the sea and confine my adventures to Montclair, the Lackawanna Railroad and New York, and they urged me to settle down and sell engines, or get into some other kind of business in the big town and commute like the rest of the suburbanites.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What did I do when I got back, did you say?
