used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
(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 Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
bargainnounUS /ˈbɑːrɡən/
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
give a benediction to
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
couldn't
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From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
divisible by two
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
hennounUS /hen/
adult female chicken
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
Jarnouillard
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From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
engage in
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
not any; not one
From this reading “No!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
profitnounUS /ˈprɑːfət/
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
skinflintnounUS /ˈskɪnflɪnt/
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
sounoun
a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
sousnounUS /suːz/
plural of “sou” — a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
that's
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From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!--Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
won't
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From this reading “I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
