Chapter II

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From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

(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 _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

plural of “beak” — beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

fearless and daring

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

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From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

plural of “court” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading DAVID DIX.

United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)

From this reading DAVID DIX.

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From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVE THE THIRD.

a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

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From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

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From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

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From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

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From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

provide commentary for a film, for example

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

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From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

not any; not one

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

many times at short intervals

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

a course of conduct

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

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From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

the force of policemen and officers

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

a member of a police force

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

plural of “recollection” — the ability to recall past occurrences

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

-ing form of “respect” — regard highly; think much of

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

be standing; be upright

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVE THE THIRD.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVE THE THIRD.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

a source of difficulty

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading And I never made no bones about it neither, but spoke up, bold and true, for it seemed to come nateral like, and all in the way of the perfession.

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading _By FLORENCE MARRYAT._ IT’S many a time and oft, as I’ve been had up in the police courts and ordered by the beaks to stand forward and narrate on oath all I had seen or heerd on concerning certain strange circumstances, as had come across my path whilst on dooty.

which person or people

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading STRAY RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES CHALLICE, POLICEMAN 999 X, RESPECTING THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN, WHO GOT INTO TROUBLE.