used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
(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 thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
bad-looking
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From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
cafenounUS /kəˈfeɪ/
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
rid of obstructions
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
recognizable; marked
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
del
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From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
disguisenounUS /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
don't
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From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
the act of escaping physically
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
Espiritu
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From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
fearingverbUS /ˈfɪrɪŋ/
-ing form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
the act of departing
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
it's
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From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
LasnounUS /lɑːs/
plural of “la” — a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
laundrymen
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From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
go away from a place
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
the force of workers available
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
Santo
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From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
cut with a saw
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
suspiciousadjectiveUS /səˈspɪʃəs/
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
That's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
Ventas
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thought of going to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo, but the police keep track of all such places.
precisely as stated
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
waiternounUS /ˈweɪtər/
a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
at the time that
From this reading "That's clear; when laundrymen don't sleep at home, it's a very bad sign."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "This morning I saw him with two bad-looking men ... suspicious characters, and so, fearing that they might hand me over to the police, I decided to leave the place.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading The waiter in a wretched cafe there sold me this disguise, and after it got to be dark, I made my escape without saying a word.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then a brilliant idea struck me,--that of coming to your house.
