used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
ambulancenounUS /ˈæmbjələns/
a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
an occurrence of something
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
didn't
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
don't
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From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
dustpannoun
the quantity that a dustpan will hold
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
farenounUS /fer/
an agenda of things to do
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
come to pass
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
He's
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
joltnounUS /dʒoʊlt/
a sudden jarring impact
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
immediately past
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
Pinckney
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
make steady
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
StudionounUS /ˈstuːdioʊ/
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
in or at that place or location
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
There's
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From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
trucknounUS /trʌk/
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
(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 Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
you'd
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
