used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
a youthful male person
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
diesnounUS /daɪz/
plural of “die” — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
diseasesnounUS /dɪˈziːzəz/
plural of “disease” — an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
drinksnounUS /drɪŋks/
plural of “drink” — a single serving of a beverage
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
eatsnounUS /iːts/
informal terms for a meal
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
forty-eightadjective
being eight more than forty
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
germsnounUS /dʒɜːrmz/
plural of “germ” — anything that provides inspiration for later work
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
a young female
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
hardestadverbUS /ˈhɑːrdəst/
superlative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
millionnounUS /ˈmɪljən/
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
plantsnounUS /plænts/
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
putsnounUS /pʊts/
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
sixteenadjectiveUS /sɪkˈstiːn/
being one more than fifteen
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then some boy or girl eats the food and is sick; or some baby drinks the milk and dies.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He may carry a million germs on his body, and every time he puts down one of his six feet he plants at least one.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In forty-eight hours this single one may have grown to sixteen thousand.
tracksnounUS /træks/
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading Then the fly tracks over our food or falls into our milk.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
in the company of; together with
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
XLIadjective
being one more than forty
From this reading XLI The Great War The hardest battle we have to fight is with these living diseases.
