(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 But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
with anger
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
axing
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From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
put or pin the blame on
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
confidentadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːnfədənt/
having or marked by confidence or assurance
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
day'snounUS /deɪz/
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
faredverbUS /ferd/
past form of “fare” — proceed or get along
From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
harassedadjectiveUS /hərˈæst/
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
How
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From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
I'd
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From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
I'm
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From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
lawk
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From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
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 When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
mistakesnounUS /mɪˈsteɪks/
plural of “mistake” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
on one occasion
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
Pepperill
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From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
in the near future
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
a special situation
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
upsetverbUS /əpˈset/
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
what's
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From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
at the time that
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
which person or people
From this reading “And if it be so, who is to blame but your brother?” retorted Pepperill angrily.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “My brother may have made his mistakes sometimes, but not always—you never by any chance fail to do the wrong thing.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How have you fared, I’d like to know?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But lawk! what’s the good of my axing, when I’m pretty confident your journey has been all down hill, with an upset of the cart presently.”
Zerah
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From this reading When Pepperill, tired with his long day’s journey, and harassed in mind, went to his bedroom, Zerah at once fell upon him.
