used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
a-got
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From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
brainsnounUS /breɪnz/
plural of “brain” — that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
comed
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From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
couldn't
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From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading Now, Garge, I'm willin' to do this for 'e.
expresslyadverbUS /ekˈspresli/
with specific intentions; for the express purpose
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
Garge
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From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
Garge's
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From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
he've
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From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
I'd
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From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
I'm
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From this reading Now, Garge, I'm willin' to do this for 'e.
I've
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From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
it'll
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From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
immediately past
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
LegernounUS /ˈledʒər/
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
listenin
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From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
lotsnounUS /lɑːts/
a large number or amount
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
Nonsuchnoun
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
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 "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
and nothing more
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
transport commercially
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
suitedadjectiveUS /ˈsuːtɪd/
meant or adapted for an occasion or use
From this reading If I'd a built the _Nonsuch_ expressly for such an adventure she couldn't ha' been better suited for it.'
talkin
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From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
There's
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From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
a special situation
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now, Garge, I'm willin' to do this for 'e.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So I comed home and thought the thing over until I'd made up my mind about it.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
at the time that
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
willin
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From this reading Now, Garge, I'm willin' to do this for 'e.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, Garge, when I sat listenin' to you talkin' last night, I says to myself--`There's money, and lots of it, in that there adventure o' Garge's, if 'tis only worked right.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading But it'll want a good leader, and a good ship; and young as Garge Saint Leger be, I do believe he've a-got the brains and the courage for it, while I've got the ship.
