used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
A-arbor
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From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
clearingnounUS /ˈklɪrɪŋ/
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
dashverbUS /dæʃ/
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
didn't
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From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
GlovesnounUS /ɡlʌvz/
plural of “glove” — the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
hadn't
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From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
cause to move by striking
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
hollerin
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From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
Jethro
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From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
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 It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
PlunkverbUS /plʌŋk/
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
quitverbUS /kwɪt/
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Where’s Rock?” says Mark.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
carry out
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
TallownounUS /ˈtæloʊ/
obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
From this reading Plunk and Tallow had quit hollerin’ fire, and in a minute along they plunged and came right in on top of us.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading “A-arbor,” says Mark, and we made for that as tight as we could go.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
the upper part of anything
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
up-stairs
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From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
Where's
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From this reading “Where’s Rock?” says Mark.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We heard Jethro and the Man With the Black Gloves dash up-stairs, and they hadn’t hit the top step before Mark and I began clearing away the door so we could get out.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It didn’t take us long, you bet, and it didn’t take us long to open the outside door and get out into the yard.
