used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
on or to one side
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
crawlsnounUS /krɔːlz/
plural of “crawl” — a very slow movement
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
crushverbUS /krʌʃ/
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
to come or go into
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
(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 An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First and last, he had a good many of these pets.
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
forewarnedverbUS /fɔːrˈwɔːrnd/
past form of “forewarn” — warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
the act of giving
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading First and last, he had a good many of these pets.
gracedverbUS /ɡreɪst/
past form of “grace” — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading First and last, he had a good many of these pets.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
the quality of being humane
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
inadvertentadjectiveUS /ˌɪnədˈvɜːrtənt/
happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
kind-heartedadjective
having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition
From this reading He was right--the kind-hearted poet was right.
immediately past
From this reading First and last, he had a good many of these pets.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
social deportment
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
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 First and last, he had a good many of these pets.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
needlesslyadverbUS /ˈniːdləsli/
without need
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
and nothing more
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
a course of conduct
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
petsnounUS /pets/
plural of “pet” — a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading He was right--the kind-hearted poet was right.
polishedadjectiveUS /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
perfected or made shiny and smooth
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
reptilenounUS /ˈreptaɪl/
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
precisely, exactly
From this reading He was right--the kind-hearted poet was right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
sensibilitynounUS /ˌsensɪˈbɪlɪti/
mental responsiveness and awareness
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
setsnounUS /sets/
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
snailnounUS /sneɪl/
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading First and last, he had a good many of these pets.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
precisely as stated
From this reading Well, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
nonexistent
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was right--the kind-hearted poet was right.
(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, as I said before, he was not only careful about giving pain to animals, but he was very fond of pets.
which person or people
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at eve along the public path; But he who has humanity, forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
wormnounUS /wɜːrm/
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
but in spite of that
From this reading "I would not enter on my list of friends-- Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility--the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
