used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
dissentedverbUS /dɪˈsentɪd/
past form of “dissent” — withhold assent
From this reading "No," dissented Fogg vigorously, "the end of trouble.
having the place or position changed
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "No," dissented Fogg vigorously, "the end of trouble.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
FairbanksnounUS /ˈferbəŋks/
United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
firemannounUS /ˈfaɪrmən/
play in which children pretend to put out a fire
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
Fogg
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From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
Fogg's
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From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
I'm
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From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
intimatedverbUS /ˈɪntəmeɪtɪd/
past form of “intimate” — give to understand
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
a boy or man
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
Lemuel
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From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
limitnounUS /ˈlɪmət/
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," dissented Fogg vigorously, "the end of trouble.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
opponentsnounUS /əˈpoʊnənts/
plural of “opponent” — a contestant that you are matched against
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
railroadernoun
an employee of a railroad
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
ruffians
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From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
scrambledadjectiveUS /ˈskræmbəld/
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
sidewalknounUS /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/
walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
sneakedverbUS /sniːkt/
past form of “sneak” — to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
stormyadjectiveUS /ˈstɔːrmi/
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
strodeverbUS /stroʊd/
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE "BLACK HAND" Lemuel Fogg's opponents scrambled to their feet and sneaked off immediately.
a source of difficulty
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
vigorouslyadverbUS /ˈvɪɡərəsli/
with vigor; in a vigorous manner
From this reading "No," dissented Fogg vigorously, "the end of trouble.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I'm sorry to lose my temper, lad, but those ruffians were the limit.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fireman turned his back upon them, and strode down the sidewalk in the direction of the Fairbanks' home with a stormy and disturbed expression on his face.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Trouble, Mr. Fogg?" intimated the young railroader, as the fireman approached him.
