used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
(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 “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She shuddered, and gazed at Koma-ino.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She shuddered, and gazed at Koma-ino.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
lacking funds
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
crawlingnounUS /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
creepyadjectiveUS /ˈkriːpi/
annoying and unpleasant
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
dreamingnounUS /ˈdriːmɪŋ/
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She shuddered, and gazed at Koma-ino.
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 “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
glimmeringnounUS /ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ/
a slight suggestion or vague understanding
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
horriblyadverbUS /ˈhɔːrəbli/
of a dreadful kind
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
I'll
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From this reading “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
JapannounUS /dʒəˈpæn/
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
Koma-ino
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From this reading She shuddered, and gazed at Koma-ino.
Leslie
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From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
engage in
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
NAGASAKInounUS /ˌnɑːɡɑːˈsɑːki/
a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
not any; not one
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
and nothing more
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
shudderedverbUS /ˈʃʌdərd/
past form of “shudder” — shake, as from cold
From this reading She shuddered, and gazed at Koma-ino.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
and nothing more
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
express in words
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
to-morrow
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From this reading “Japan seems a horribly creepy sort of place; I think I’ll make George come away to-morrow.”
to-night
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From this reading “I’ll be dreaming about it all to-night.”
which person or people
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
wouldn't
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From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
a late time of life
From this reading “One side of it,” said Leslie, “is simply crawling; you have no idea, and I who have lived here five years have only a glimmering of the mind of the people.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading NAGASAKI BY NIGHT “I wish you wouldn’t tell me stories like that,” she suddenly broke out.
