used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
ah
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From this reading There's Hardon's old printing-office--ah, to be sure!
(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 I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There's Hardon's old printing-office--ah, to be sure!
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
costsnounUS /kɑːsts/
pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
dominionsnounUS /dəˈmɪnjənz/
plural of “dominion” — dominance or power through legal authority
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
don't
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From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
everything's
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From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
flourishverbUS /ˈflɜːrɪʃ/
grow vigorously
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
the act of departing
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
hadn't
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From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
Hardon's
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From this reading There's Hardon's old printing-office--ah, to be sure!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
haven't
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From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
how
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From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
and nothing more
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
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 Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
not any; not one
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading There's Hardon's old printing-office--ah, to be sure!
on one occasion
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
pegnounUS /peɡ/
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
printing-office
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From this reading There's Hardon's old printing-office--ah, to be sure!
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
term of address for a man
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
smokyadjectiveUS /ˈsmoʊki/
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
From this reading Lord, sir, how beautiful and smoky and natural everything looks once more!
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
express a supposition
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading There's Hardon's old printing-office--ah, to be sure!
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
there's
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From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Here I am," he said; "King Space come back to my dominions.
wasn't
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From this reading I wasn't going to ride and lose the pleasure of seeing it all.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
whitewashnounUS /ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ/
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
From this reading Thank God there's no whitewash here, and everything's just as I left it; things looking as if they hadn't stirred a peg; and I don't suppose they have, if they haven't been costs, which certainly do grow and flourish well here.
