used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
matters of personal concern
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Alice
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
(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 Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
BunchnounUS /bʌntʃ/
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
Cecil
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
ClarencenounUS /ˈklerəns/
a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Clorinda
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
fashionableadjectiveUS /ˈfæʃənəbəl/
being or in accordance with current social fashions
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
Fritters
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Fussyface
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
HarborverbUS /ˈhɑːrbər/
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
immediately past
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Llewellyn
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Narragansett
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
NewportnounUS /ˈnuːpɔːrt/
a port city in southeastern Wales
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Newporting
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From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
an amount of time
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Pifflemind
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Plentycash
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
resortsnounUS /rɪˈzɔːrts/
plural of “resort” — a hotel located in a resort area
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
seasidenounUS /ˈsiːsaɪd/
the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Shortbrow
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
stuntnounUS /stʌnt/
a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Vanwigglevandoozen
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport: