used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
anew
From this reading Lew Wee said it all over again.
(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 The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
for the reason that
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
the lower side of anything
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
chickennounUS /ˈtʃɪkən/
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
Chinee
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From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
cigarettesnounUS /ˌsɪɡərˈets/
plural of “cigarette” — finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
coopnounUS /kuːp/
a farm building for housing poultry
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
dancedverbUS /dænst/
past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
didn't
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From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
Foy
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From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
gleenounUS /ɡliː/
great merriment
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
hadn't
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From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
Hong
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From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
how
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From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
be the source of pain
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
Lew
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From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
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 The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
mebbe
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From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Lew Wee said it all over again.
overflowingadjectiveUS /ˈoʊvərfloʊɪŋ/
covered with water
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
arrange in a container
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Lew Wee said it all over again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
carry out
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He wanted something to take the wild animal to town in, because the chicken coop it was now in hadn't any bottom; and was too big, anyway.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
WeeadjectiveUS /wiː/
(used informally) very small
From this reading The cousin took the cigarettes, but he looked at Lew Wee a long time, like he didn't understand Chinee at all.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
in or at the place that
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
which person or people
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Then he went back to his cousin and give him a pack of cigarettes, out of his overflowing heart, and asked where was something he could put his wild animal in and take it to town to his great friend Doctor Hong Foy, who had a desire for it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
wouldn't
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From this reading The proud owner danced about it in great glee and told it how the nice doctor wouldn't hurt it any, but would give it a good home, with chicken for supper, mebbe, and so on.
