used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
a-going
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From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
ain't
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From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
(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 FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
next to; at the side of
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
cannibalsnounUS /ˈkænəbəlz/
plural of “cannibal” — a person who eats human flesh
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
cept
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From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
chalknounUS /tʃɔːk/
A soft white limestone used for marking doors, stone walls, and slate.
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
clockworknounUS /ˈklɑːkwɜːrk/
any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
crownedadjectiveUS /kraʊnd/
having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
don't
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From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
an old word for “before”
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
every person
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
Grinson
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From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
Hoole
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From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
conformity or harmony
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
Mayor'snounUS /ˈmeɪərz/
possessive form of “mayor” — the head of a city government
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
in motion
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ’It ain’t my idea of a percession--not by a long chalk.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
percession
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From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
seednounUS /siːd/
a small hard fruit
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
term of address for a man
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
somethink
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From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But these ’ere cannibals ain’t got a notion o’ keeping step.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
trampingverbUS /ˈtræmpɪŋ/
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading FLIGHT ’I don’t think nothing of this ’ere percession, sir--nothing at all,’ said Grinson, tramping beside Hoole.
ve
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From this reading I ’ve seed hundreds of Lord Mayor’s Shows, and King George a-going to be crowned.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They was somethink like--everybody moving like clockwork, ’cept the horses, and they did their best.
