106
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From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
214
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From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
38
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From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
56
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From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
70
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From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
adventurousadjectiveUS /ædˈventʃərəs/
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
Ah
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From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
(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 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
BowlingnounUS /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
BreakernounUS /ˈbreɪkər/
a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading How did that lock get broken?"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
COnounUS /koʊ/
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How did that lock get broken?"
don't
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From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
faithfullyadverbUS /ˈfeɪθfəli/
in a faithful manner
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
Frontispiecenoun
an ornamental facade
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How did that lock get broken?"
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
HEARST'SnounUS /hɜːrsts/
possessive form of “hearst” — United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
From this reading HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC.
HighnessnounUS /ˈhaɪnəs/
(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
How
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From this reading How did that lock get broken?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
INCnounUS /ɪŋk/
a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
From this reading HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC.
INTERNATIONALadjectiveUS /ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəl/
concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations
From this reading HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
Jarvis
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From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
and nothing more
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
KentuckynounUS /kənˈtʌki/
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
lady'snounUS /ˈleɪdiz/
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
a room where books are kept
From this reading HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC.
fasten with a lock
From this reading How did that lock get broken?"
MarianounUS /mərˈiːə/
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
palmnounUS /pɑːm/
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
senornounUS /ˌsiːˈnjɔːr/
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading 214 "Ah, senor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How did that lock get broken?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
WarrennounUS /ˈwɔːrən/
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "So, you are the brave American, are you?"
