the state of being absent
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
ACCUSATIONnounUS /ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən/
a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
From this reading THE ACCUSATION MADE BY STEP-HEN.
(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 "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
assistantnounUS /əˈsɪstənt/
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
assumeverbUS /əˈsuːm/
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
Bumpus
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From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
burstingverbUS /ˈbɜːrstɪŋ/
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE ACCUSATION MADE BY STEP-HEN.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
approval
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
don't
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From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
Dr
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From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
in a serious manner
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
the act of departing
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
heartlessadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrtləs/
lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
hoopsnounUS /huːps/
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
and nothing more
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
the sound of laughing
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading THE ACCUSATION MADE BY STEP-HEN.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
PhilanderverbUS /fəˈlændər/
have amorous affairs; of men
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
restrainedadjectiveUS /riˈstreɪnd/
cool and formal in manner
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
scout-master
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From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
the season of growth
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
STEP-HEN
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From this reading THE ACCUSATION MADE BY STEP-HEN.
required or under orders
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
swellverbUS /swel/
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
carry out
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
Thad
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From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ACCUSATION MADE BY STEP-HEN.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
troopnounUS /truːp/
a group of soldiers
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading The other fellows wanted to laugh, but to their credit be it said that they restrained this feeling.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be heartless, with poor Bumpus looking so badly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Am I going to swell up any more, Thad; and will you just have to put hoops on me to keep me from bursting?" asked Bumpus, earnestly.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh! don't get that notion into your head," said the young leader; for as assistant scout-master, in the absence of Dr. Philander, Thad was supposed to take charge of the troop, and assume all his duties; "here, fellows, bring him along back to the spring.
