used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
anew
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
Andy
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From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
a youthful male person
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading You go, Frank.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You go, Frank.
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
hailverbUS /heɪl/
praise vociferously
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
he'd
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From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
I'd
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From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "No need of it," replied Andy, resolutely.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading "No need of it," replied Andy, resolutely.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
not any; not one
From this reading "No need of it," replied Andy, resolutely.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "No need of it," replied Andy, resolutely.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
PercynounUS /ˈpɜːrsi/
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
by chance
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
Quackenboss
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From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "No need of it," replied Andy, resolutely.
resolutelyadverbUS /ˈresəluːtli/
showing firm determination or purpose
From this reading "No need of it," replied Andy, resolutely.
do one's shopping
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
carry out
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
won't
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From this reading "Besides, you know one of us ought to get busy in the shop, making that new piece we really need so that our job won't have to be done over again.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps Mr. Quackenboss would let you have a horse; or if you cared to, you give Percy a hail, and he'd take you back to town, I reckon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ON GUARD "Perhaps I'd better stay with you, Andy," the other Bird boy remarked.
