used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Beautiful picture, is it not?”
bull-luck
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From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “That and the ‘take a chance’ instinct.
cigarnounUS /sɪˈɡɑːr/
a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
hasard
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From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
hunchnounUS /hʌntʃ/
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
From this reading “That and the ‘take a chance’ instinct.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Beautiful picture, is it not?”
oftentimesadverbUS /ˈɔːfəntaɪmz/
many times at short intervals
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
perilouslyadverbUS /ˈperələsli/
in a dangerous manner
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Beautiful picture, is it not?”
poisedadjectiveUS /pɔɪzd/
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
relit
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From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Call it a hunch, bull-luck, accident, or as one great French detective said, ‘le grand hasard.’
slipperyadjectiveUS /ˈslɪpəri/
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
solvingnounUS /ˈsɑːlvɪŋ/
finding a solution to a problem
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
carry out
From this reading “That and the ‘take a chance’ instinct.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That and the ‘take a chance’ instinct.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
a special situation
From this reading “Imagination is oftentimes a great thing in solving crime,” he remarked, as he poised himself perilously on a slippery rock and relit his cigar.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
water'snounUS /ˈwɔːtərz/
possessive form of “water” — binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We made our way down the cliff to the rocks at the water’s edge.
