used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
any thing at all
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
Ballinasloe
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From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
Betty
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From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
boneens
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From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
Bregenz
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From this reading Bregenz.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
cautionedverbUS /ˈkɑːʃənd/
past form of “caution” — warn strongly; put on guard
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
dearly loved
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
at any time
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
to or in any or all places
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
Freyburg
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From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
frontiernounUS /frənˈtɪr/
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
Kinnegad
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From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
immediately past
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
make reference to
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
MollynounUS /ˈmɑːli/
popular aquarium fish
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
information about recent and important events
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
readsnounUS /riːdz/
plural of “read” — something that is read
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
express in words
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Much good may it do them," says I, "if they did!"
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
there's
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From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
Walsh
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From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
at the time that
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
woolnounUS /wʊl/
a fabric made from the hair of sheep
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
produce a literary work
From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading They know at least the price of wool in Kinnegad, and what boneens is bringing in Ballinasloe, not to mention the news you tell of Betty Walsh!
you're
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From this reading I thought I cautioned you before not to write anything like a secret when the letter came through a foreign post, seeing that the police reads everything, and if there's a word against themselves, you're ordered over the frontier in six hours.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My dear Molly,--It 's well I ever got your last letter, for it seems there's four places called Freyburg, and they tried the three wrong ones first, and I believe they opened and read it everywhere it stopped.
