used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is not a single day's affair.
abackadverbUS /əˈbæk/
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading It is not a single day's affair.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It is all for those who will come after us."
(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 It is all for those who will come after us."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
beingsnounUS /ˈbiːɪŋz/
plural of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
a youthful male person
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It is all for those who will come after us."
day'snounUS /deɪz/
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It is not a single day's affair.
deferredverbUS /dɪˈfɜːrd/
inflected form of “defer” — hold back to a later time
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
Don't
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From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
one or the other of two
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
plural of “million” — the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading It is not a single day's affair.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It is all for those who will come after us."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It is not for them, either, my boy, nor for us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
which person or people
From this reading It is all for those who will come after us."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It is all for those who will come after us."
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The boy was taken aback by the thought that it would be so long deferred.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Don't you like to think that people are working to give happiness to thousands of boys like yourself, to millions of human beings?"
