used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
alcoholnounUS /ˈælkəhɑːl/
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And we’ll drink to the Café d’Harcourt.”
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
Café
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From this reading And we’ll drink to the Café d’Harcourt.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
d'Harcourt
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From this reading And we’ll drink to the Café d’Harcourt.”
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
dont
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From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
take in liquids
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
take in solid food
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
Ellen
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From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
HildebrandnounUS /ˈhɪldɪbrænd/
the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
hotwaterbottle
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From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
it'll
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From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
conformity or harmony
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
kidsnounUS /kɪdz/
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
nickelnounUS /ˈnɪkəl/
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
prohibitionnounUS /ˌproʊəˈbɪʃən/
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
rubbernounUS /ˈrʌbər/
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Ellen laughed; she stood over the little lamp that gave out a quiet domestic smell of hot nickel and burned alcohol.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
the act of using
From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
we'll
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From this reading And we’ll drink to the Café d’Harcourt.”
We've
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From this reading We’ve got to use that up or it’ll eat the rubber....
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Of course what you kids dont realize,” said Hildebrand, “is that the difficulty under prohibition is keeping sober.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You fix us a drink out of the hotwaterbottle.
