used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
anew
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
Bigelow
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From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
buggynounUS /ˈbʌɡi/
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
clothing in general
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
constablenounUS /ˈkɑːnstəbəl/
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
ditchnounUS /dɪtʃ/
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
hatedadjectiveUS /ˈheɪtəd/
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading How I hated that suit.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
How
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From this reading How I hated that suit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
Jed
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From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
and nothing more
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
and nothing more
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
rippingadjectiveUS /ˈrɪpɪŋ/
resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
shiedverbUS /ʃaɪd/
inflected form of “shy” — start suddenly, as from fright
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
make square
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
SundaysnounUS /ˈsʌndeɪz/
plural of “sunday” — first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
sworeverbUS /swɔːr/
inflected form of “swear” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I always thought it was a piece of paper that did the trick, but Jed swore it was the suit and threatened to send the constable after me.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading On the way home, I met old Jed Bigelow in the square driving a green horse.
be dressed in
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading Just as the horse got along side of me he shied, and then ran away throwing Jed into the ditch and ripping a wheel off his buggy.
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At the end of two days I would never have worn it again but my father hid my other clothes and would only let me wear them to church on Sundays.
