used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
AmosnounUS /ˈeɪməs/
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
eagerly desirous
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
barelyadverbUS /ˈberli/
only a very short time before
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
brewverbUS /bruː/
prepare by brewing
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
DuffnounUS /dʌf/
a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
insinceritynoun
the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
Jim's
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From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
justifyverbUS /ˈdʒʌstəfaɪ/
show to be right by providing justification or proof
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
KendallnounUS /ˈkendəl/
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
KentuckynounUS /kənˈtʌki/
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
NoahnounUS /ˈnoʊə/
the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
Oportonoun
port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
past form of “reveal” — make visible
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading At the door of the card room I met Duff Green coming out--Duff of the Oporto nose.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
slynessnounUS /ˈslaɪnəs/
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
smellsnounUS /smelz/
plural of “smell” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
suaveadjectiveUS /swɑːv/
having a sophisticated charm
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
surmiseverbUS /sərˈmaɪz/
infer from incomplete evidence
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading I barely nodded; I could taste of insincerity and a suave false slyness on the man as one smells secret fire in a house.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Jim's surmise of trouble on the brew set fire to my feet.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
(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 As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading As I pushed into the card room, while it was well filled of folk, my first glance revealed nothing to justify Jim's fears.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
YankeenounUS /ˈjæŋki/
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading There was Noah, truly; and sitting with him that Kentucky Yankee, the anxious Amos Kendall.
