used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
the state of being absent
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
awhileadverbUS /əˈwaɪl/
for a short time
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
boot-tops
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
bracesnounUS /ˈbreɪsəz/
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
bullynounUS /ˈbʊli/
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
cloudlessadjectiveUS /ˈklaʊdləs/
free from clouds
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
crammedverbUS /kræmd/
inflected form of “cram” — crowd or pack to capacity
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
damagedadjectiveUS /ˈdæmədʒd/
harmed or injured or spoiled
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
destructionnounUS /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
fascinatedadjectiveUS /ˈfæsəneɪtəd/
having your attention fixated as though by a spell
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
gloried
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
historiannounUS /hɪˈstɔːriən/
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
JosephusnounUS /dʒoʊˈsiːfəs/
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
pantsnounUS /pænts/
(used in the plural) underpants worn by women
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
phrasesnounUS /ˈfreɪzəz/
plural of “phrase” — an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
romanticadjectiveUS /roʊˈmæntɪk/
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
rowdyish
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
shirtnounUS /ʃɜːrt/
a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
skiesnounUS /skaɪz/
plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
slouchnounUS /slaʊtʃ/
an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
superbadjectiveUS /sʊˈpɜːrb/
of surpassing excellence
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
vestverbUS /vest/
provide with power and authority
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
(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 I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
wonderfullyadverbUS /ˈwʌndərfəli/
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
woolennounUS /ˈwʊlən/
a fabric made from the hair of sheep
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
