used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
(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 So I got along all right.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading So I got along all right.
AmericansnounUS /əˈmerəkənz/
plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
bathedverbUS /beɪðd/
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
beddedadjectiveUS /ˈbedɪd/
deposited or arranged in horizontal layers
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
Chelsea
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From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
committeenounUS /kəˈmɪti/
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
cussedadjectiveUS /kʌst/
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
dirtyadjectiveUS /ˈdɜːrti/
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
Dutchmen
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From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
a quad with a square body
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
Frenchies
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From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
GermansnounUS /ˈdʒɜːrmənz/
plural of “german” — a person of German nationality
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
hadn't
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From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
Hoover'snounUS /ˈhuːvərz/
possessive form of “hoover” — United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
hostlernounUS /ˈhɑːslər/
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I got along all right.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
it's
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From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They smuggled me off.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
Page'snounUS /ˈpeɪdʒɪz/
possessive form of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
preehaps
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From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
precisely, exactly
From this reading So I got along all right.
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
sistah
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From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
smuggledadjectiveUS /ˈsmʌɡəld/
distributed or sold illicitly
From this reading They smuggled me off.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I got along all right.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
they're
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From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
tobacconounUS /təˈbækoʊ/
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “They talk a queer kind of language, the English do: it’s a little like ours, and they’re more like us Americans than the Frenchies, or the Dutchmen, or the Germans.
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 They helped me up, cussed me out a lot; but they got hot water and bathed my back, and one of ’em, a dirty hostler from Chelsea, he bedded me down for the rest of the night and give me tobacco.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Mr. Page’s secretary in London told me they hadn’t heard of my sistah, and he sent me to see Hoover’s committee--the committee to send Americans home, preehaps you know.
