used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
APPETITEnounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/
a feeling of craving something
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
armfulnoun
the quantity that can be contained in the arms
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
batterynounUS /ˈbætəri/
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
lacking funds
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
cedarnounUS /ˈsiːdər/
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
comfortablyadverbUS /ˈkʌmfərtəbli/
in mental comfort; without stress
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
driedadjectiveUS /draɪd/
not still wet
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
extinguishedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
start firing a weapon
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
death of a person
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
line-of-battle
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From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
pignounUS /pɪɡ/
domestic swine
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
PRAIRIEnounUS /ˈpreri/
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
REAPPEARSverbUS /ˌriːəˈpɪrz/
third-person singular of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
regimentverbUS /ˈredʒəmənt/
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
past form of “resume” — take up or begin anew
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
roastedadjectiveUS /ˈroʊstəd/
(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
settlingnounUS /ˈsetəlɪŋ/
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
Shorty
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From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
SInounUS /siː/
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
warmedadjectiveUS /wɔːrmd/
having been warmed up
From this reading But it had dried out and warmed the ground for a considerable space around, and on this they made their bed.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading ON THEIR way back from "settling the battery," Si and Shorty each broke off a big armful of cedar branches.
at the time that
From this reading These they spread down on the ground when the regiment resumed its place in the line-of-battle, and lay down on them to spend the rest of the night as comfortably as possible.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The fire with which they had roasted the pig, and from which they had drawn much comfort during the day, had had to be extinguished when darkness came on.
in the company of; together with
From this reading SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
