460
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From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
DetroitnounUS /dɪˈtrɔɪt/
the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
employmentnounUS /emˈplɔɪmənt/
the state of being employed or having a job
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
at any time
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
factorynounUS /ˈfæktəri/
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “That seemed a large sum, I suppose?”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
past form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
pairsnounUS /perz/
plural of “pair” — a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
partnernounUS /ˈpɑːrtnər/
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “That seemed a large sum, I suppose?”
shoenounUS /ʃuː/
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
a particular situation
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
in the near future
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
a quantity of money
From this reading “That seemed a large sum, I suppose?”
express a supposition
From this reading “That seemed a large sum, I suppose?”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Soon after that my partner and myself started one of our own.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading He had a little less than a thousand dollars, and I had $460—left from my army pay.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I came to Detroit and obtained employment in a shoe factory.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, and I thought if I could ever get to making fifty pairs of shoes a day I would be perfectly happy.”
