used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
absent-minded
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From this reading But he was dretful absent-minded, and deep learnt.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading He thought enough on her I always said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he was dretful absent-minded, and deep learnt.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading But he was dretful absent-minded, and deep learnt.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
dretful
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From this reading But he was dretful absent-minded, and deep learnt.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
Eliphalet
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From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
a quad with a square body
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading He thought enough on her I always said.
the organ of sight
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
opinion or judgment
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
hadn't
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From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
only a very short time before
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
headedadjectiveUS /ˈhedəd/
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
heerd
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From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
hisen
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From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
set down according to a plan
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
learntverbUS /lɜːrnt/
inflected form of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills
From this reading But he was dretful absent-minded, and deep learnt.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
joined in matrimony
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
precisely, exactly
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought a sight on her, and so did he.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But he was dretful absent-minded, and deep learnt.
wasn't
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From this reading There wasn’t hardly a dry eye in my head, as I said this, nor in hisen.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading They stopped with us a week or two after they was married, and I hadn’t laid eyes on ’em sense, though I had heerd from ’em a number of times by letter; and then Uncle Eliphalet Smith had visited ’em, and he said she had to work awful hard, and the Elder was so absent-minded that it took a sight of her time to get him headed right.
