120
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From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
AfricanounUS /ˈæfrəkɑː/
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
AfricanadjectiveUS /ˈæfrəkən/
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
Bayford
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
a boy or man
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
formatverbUS /ˈfɔːrmæt/
set (printed matter) into a specific format
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
and nothing more
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
killsnounUS /kɪlz/
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
KingstonnounUS /ˈkɪŋstən/
a town on the Hudson River in New York
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
go away from a place
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
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 Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
lossesnounUS /ˈlɔːsəz/
something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
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 Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
and nothing more
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
plural 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 This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
on the contrary
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
an educational institution
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
stressnounUS /stres/
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
suffersverbUS /ˈsʌfərz/
third-person singular of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is rather a short book, only 120 small pages in book format.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
TradernounUS /ˈtreɪdər/
someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
tradingnounUS /ˈtreɪdɪŋ/
buying or selling securities or commodities
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading The African Trader; or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford, by W.H.G. Kingston.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
at the time that
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Harry is left with some sisters, and he does not want to be a burden to them so he gets a job on board a trading vessel, and off they go to Africa.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Here many of the crew catch the Yellow Fever, and die.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Harry is a young chap, just about ready to leave school, when his father suffers some business losses, and the stress kills him.
