used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
assumesverbUS /əˈsuːmz/
third-person singular of “assume” — take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
an occurrence of something
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
ClintonnounUS /ˈklɪntən/
wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
cluenounUS /kluː/
a slight indication
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
dartsnounUS /dɑːrts/
a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
doesn't
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From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
dosenounUS /doʊs/
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
examineverbUS /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
featheringnounUS /ˈfeðərɪŋ/
turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned from it to the darts themselves.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
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 The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
patternnounUS /ˈpætərn/
a perceptual structure
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
poisonverbUS /ˈpɔɪzən/
spoil as if by poison
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It doesn’t seem much of a dose to kill a man, especially if one assumes that it was a quick death.
term of address for a man
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading He turned from it to the darts themselves.
tinnounUS /tɪn/
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned from it to the darts themselves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The box itself suggested nothing in the way of a clue; it was of a common pattern.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “That brown stuff on the feathering is evidently the poison, whatever it may be,” he reflected.
at the time that
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading The Evidence in the Case When the doctor had completed his work and left the room, Sir Clinton pulled the tin box of darts from his pocket and went over to the window to examine it.
