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

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later than; following

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touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

(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 "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

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

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

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an institution created to conduct business

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a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait

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the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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

From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

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

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

expect, believe, or suppose

From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

be suspended or hanging

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

compatibility in opinion and action

From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

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in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

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

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

plural of “hint” — an indirect suggestion

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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From this reading "Huh! guess I do that, Toby, when, for one thing, we're scheduled to go up against that terrible Harmony nine day after tomorrow."

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

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

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

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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

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a small worthless amount

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

possessive form of “jack” — a small worthless amount

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

and nothing more

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being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

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perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

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produced by a manufacturing process

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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

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mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

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of an obscure nature

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

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not any; not one

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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

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touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

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belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

above and across; more than

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thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (“rattled” is an informal term)

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

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be fully aware or cognizant of

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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express in words

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planned or scheduled for some certain time or times

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being or characteristic of a single thing or person

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a thing, without saying which

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plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

an exchange of ideas via conversation

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causing fear or dread or terror

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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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

From this reading "Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that's what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall.

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the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

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a special situation

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judge or regard; look upon; judge

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

From this reading "No use talking, Toby, there's something on Jack's mind of late, and it's beginning to bother him a lot, I think!"

a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

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the day after today

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a source of difficulty

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a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

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the act of using

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employed in accomplishing something

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(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”)

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inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

used to ask for information about something

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at the time that

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in the company of; together with

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Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

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used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Look here, do you realize, Steve, what it would mean if Jack went and got himself rattled _just now_?"

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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the person or people being spoken to

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belonging to the person or people being spoken to

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