used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
(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 “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
for the reason that
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
boyhoodnounUS /ˈbɔɪhʊd/
the childhood of a boy
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
doubledadjectiveUS /ˈdʌbəld/
twice as great or many
From this reading My salary was doubled; I was getting on swimmingly.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
earnverbUS /ɜːrn/
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
employernounUS /emˈplɔɪər/
a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading My salary was doubled; I was getting on swimmingly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My salary was doubled; I was getting on swimmingly.
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
salarynounUS /ˈsæləri/
something that remunerates
From this reading My salary was doubled; I was getting on swimmingly.
Identical; not different.
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
sixtyadjectiveUS /ˈsɪksti/
being ten more than fifty
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
SUPPORTEDadjectiveUS /səˈpɔːrtɪd/
sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
From this reading HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF.
swimminglyadverb
with no problems or difficulties
From this reading My salary was doubled; I was getting on swimmingly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
to-day
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From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
in or at the place that
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “I kept this place for two years, and then I gave it up, against the wishes of my employer, because I had made up my mind that I wanted to get a better education.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading At the end of my first year, I went to a larger store in the same town, where I was to receive sixty dollars a year and my board.
a late time of life
From this reading “From the time I began working in the store until to-day, I have always supported myself, and during all the years of my boyhood I never received a penny that I did not earn myself.
