used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
agin
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From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
ain't
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From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
balancingnounUS /ˈbælənsɪŋ/
getting two things to correspond
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
binnounUS /bɪn/
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
Brookhouse
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From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
calklate
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
can't
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
ChinesenounUS /tʃaɪˈniːz/
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
de-welluped
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
dretful
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
familiarlyadverb
in an intimately familiar manner
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
enclose with a fence
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
your parents
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
hadn't
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
he's
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From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
hellonounUS /həˈloʊ/
an expression of greeting
From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
how
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
I'll
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
JIM
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From this reading JIM LONG.
jugglernounUS /ˈdʒʌɡələr/
a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
and nothing more
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
Kurnel
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From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
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 JIM LONG.
longer'n
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
loweredadjectiveUS /ˈloʊərd/
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
mem'ry
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
nothin
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From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
peart
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
reflectivelyadverb
in a reflective manner
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
rhetoricnounUS /ˈretərɪk/
using language effectively to please or persuade
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
express in words
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
scalpedverbUS /skælpt/
past form of “scalp” — sell illegally, as on the black market
From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
scratchingnounUS /ˈskrætʃɪŋ/
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
severial
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From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
an instance of visual perception
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
having a supporting base
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
Thar's
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From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
thonounUS /ðoʊ/
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Thar's Kurnel Brookhouse, now, _he's_ bin scalped severial times; then thar's--hello!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I ain't got nothin' to say agin' Trafton, _I_ ain't, tho' there _be_ some folks as has.
Trafton
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
wasn't
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From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
at the time that
From this reading "Trafton?" said Jim Long, more familiarly known as Long Jim, scratching his head reflectively, "can't remember just how long I _did_ live in Trafton; good sight longer'n I'll live in it any more, I calklate; green, oh, dretful green, when I come here; in fact mem'ry hadn't de-welluped; wasn't peart then like I am now.
in or at the place that
From this reading Jim brought his rhetoric up standing, and lowered one leg hastily off the fence, where he had been balancing like a Chinese juggler.
