Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

(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 "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

the past participle of “be”

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

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From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

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From this reading "Rotten luck!" grumbled Jud Elderkin.

every person

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

start firing a weapon

From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

a quick look

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

past form of “glimpse” — catch a glimpse of or see briefly

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

past form of “grumble” — show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

From this reading "Rotten luck!" grumbled Jud Elderkin.

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

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From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

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From this reading "Rotten luck!" grumbled Jud Elderkin.

and nothing more

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

an event that causes someone to die

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading "Rotten luck!" grumbled Jud Elderkin.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

and nothing more

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

have ownership or possession of

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

steal goods; take as spoils

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

very bad

From this reading "Rotten luck!" grumbled Jud Elderkin.

United States poet (1928-1974)

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

undergo or be subjected to

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

disclosing unintentionally something concealed

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

in or at that place or location

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air

From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

the extreme end of something; especially something pointed

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

meat from a deer used as food

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

at the time that

From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

during the time that

From this reading TOLLY TIP AND THE FOREST CABIN "Oh! that's too bad!" exclaimed Spider Sexton, "I've been telling everybody we'd taste venison of our own killing while off on this trip, and there the first deer we've glimpsed gives us the merry ha-ha!"

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading That's why I didn't fire when I threw my gun up."

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.

in the company of; together with

From this reading "And me with a rifle gripped in my fist all the time.

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

From this reading But I only had a glimpse of a brown object disappearing in the brush, and I never want to just _wound_ a deer so it will suffer.