used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
AdamnounUS /ˈædəm/
(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
anew
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
biggestadjectiveUS /ˈbɪɡəst/
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
bottomlandnoun
low-lying alluvial land near a river
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
a youthful male person
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading Mr. Jimson declared.
depthnounUS /depθ/
the extent downward or backward or inward
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
farmsnounUS /fɑːrmz/
plural of “farm” — workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
Holloway's
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From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
increasingadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈkriːsɪŋ/
becoming greater or larger
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
It's
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From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
Jimson
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From this reading Mr. Jimson declared.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
engage in
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Jimson declared.
narrowlyadverbUS /ˈneroʊli/
in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
not any; not one
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
move upward
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
she'd
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From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
she's
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From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “It’s the biggest rise she’s showed since Adam was a small boy!”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
sweepverbUS /swiːp/
sweep across or over
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the night shut down and the rain began again, the party at Holloway’s had paid no attention to the rising flood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading But on the other side of the river the increasing depth of the water was narrowly watched.
yere
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From this reading “Looks like she’d make a clean sweep of some of these bottomland farms below yere.
