18
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From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
25
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From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
beatsnounUS /biːts/
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading Seemed that it couldn't be no worse, but this beats it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
couldn't
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From this reading Seemed that it couldn't be no worse, but this beats it.
dashingadjectiveUS /ˈdæʃɪŋ/
lively and spirited
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
delugenounUS /ˈdeljuːdʒ/
an overwhelming number or amount
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
divisionnounUS /dɪˈvɪʒən/
an army unit large enough to sustain combat
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
don't
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From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
downpournounUS /ˈdaʊnpɔːr/
a heavy rain
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
drenchverbUS /drentʃ/
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
GALOREadjectiveUS /ɡəˈlɔːr/
in great numbers
From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
givin
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From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Seemed that it couldn't be no worse, but this beats it.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
locateverbUS /ˈloʊkeɪt/
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
NiagaranounUS /naɪˈæɡrə/
waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
not any; not one
From this reading Seemed that it couldn't be no worse, but this beats it.
Noah'snounUS /ˈnoʊəz/
possessive form of “noah” — the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
and nothing more
From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
peernounUS /pɪr/
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
regimentsnounUS /ˈredʒəmənts/
plural of “regiment” — army unit smaller than a division
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
SHELBYVILLE
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From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
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 "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
standin
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From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
SUGGESTIONSnounUS /səˈdʒestʃənz/
plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested
From this reading SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
in or at that place or location
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
they'd
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From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Seemed that it couldn't be no worse, but this beats it.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I don't think that standin' under Niagara Falls could be no worse.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
vainlyadverbUS /ˈveɪnli/
to no avail
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
wildernounUS /ˈwaɪldər/
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
From this reading NEVER was there so wild a storm but there was a wilder one; never such a downpour of rain but there could be a greater deluge.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Seemed that it couldn't be no worse, but this beats it.
the day immediately before today
From this reading "Seemed to me yesterday," said Si, on the morning of June 25, as he vainly tried to peer through the dashing drench and locate some of the other regiments of the division, "that they was givin' us one of Noah's Deluge days that they'd happened to have left over.
