used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ye'll be dead, as dead as a donkey."
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
admonishingadjectiveUS /ædˈmɑːnɪʃɪŋ/
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
anew
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ye'll be dead, as dead as a donkey."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
Bedad
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
bhoy
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
Deccan
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
donkeynounUS /ˈdɑːŋki/
the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
From this reading Ye'll be dead, as dead as a donkey."
enny
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
Invincibles
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
iveradjectiveUS /ˈaɪvər/
comparative of “iv” — being one more than three
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading "As dead as enny donkey, me bhoy, so ye will, and jest ye take the warnin'.
knowinglyadverbUS /ˈnoʊɪŋli/
with full knowledge and deliberation
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
held up in the air
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
litternounUS /ˈlɪtər/
the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
occurring by chance
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
come together
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
Oi
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
OwennounUS /ˈoʊən/
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
reclinedverbUS /rɪˈklaɪnd/
past form of “recline” — move the upper body backwards and down
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
Identical; not different.
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
sthrongest
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
carry out
From this reading "As dead as enny donkey, me bhoy, so ye will, and jest ye take the warnin'.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
thickestadjectiveUS /ˈθɪkɪst/
superlative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
waggedverbUS /wæɡd/
inflected form of “wag” — move from side to side
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
warnin
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From this reading "As dead as enny donkey, me bhoy, so ye will, and jest ye take the warnin'.
wasn't
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
which person or people
From this reading The Irish doctor who stood over the litter on which Owen reclined wagged his head knowingly while he lifted an admonishing finger.
wid
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From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "As dead as enny donkey, me bhoy, so ye will, and jest ye take the warnin'.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
ye'd
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
ye'll
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From this reading 'Tis mighty lucky ye are, so ye are, and ye'll never meet wid the same again.
ye've
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From this reading The Deccan Invincibles "Bedad, now, if it wasn't that ye've the thickest hide and the sthrongest bones of enny Oi iver come across, me bhoy, ye'd be dead!
