used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Queer we didn't get any at the canyon, though.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Why?" asked Irene curiously.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Queer we didn't get any at the canyon, though.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
canyonnounUS /ˈkænjən/
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
From this reading "Queer we didn't get any at the canyon, though.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
curiouslyadverbUS /ˈkjʊriəsli/
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading "Why?" asked Irene curiously.
DeckernounUS /ˈdekər/
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
didn't
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From this reading "Queer we didn't get any at the canyon, though.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
how
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From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
Irene
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From this reading "Why?" asked Irene curiously.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
Jovenoun
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
a boy or man
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
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 THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
puddleverbUS /ˈpʌdəl/
wade or dabble in a puddle
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "Queer we didn't get any at the canyon, though.
rainedverbUS /reɪnd/
past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
ROBBEDverbUS /rɑːbd/
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
Simmons
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From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
there's
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From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Queer we didn't get any at the canyon, though.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "By Jove, the lad is right," muttered Decker Simmons to himself.
Toadynoun
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
except if; if not
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE BANK OF SILVER BOW IS ROBBED "It must have rained here since we left," observed Toady, as they drew near the town.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why?" asked Irene curiously.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "'Cause there's a puddle of water in that hollow rock and unless it had rained, how would it get there?"
