used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
any person at all
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
aptadjectiveUS /æpt/
(usually followed by “to”) naturally disposed toward
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
clumpnounUS /klʌmp/
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
don't
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From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
HInounUS /haɪ/
an expression of greeting
From this reading HI STONE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
Jim
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From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
and nothing more
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
most important element
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
pinesnounUS /paɪnz/
plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
one of four equal parts
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading HI STONE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He followed the road for about a quarter of a mile and then turned off between two big trees and ran the car into a thick clump of small pines.
precisely as stated
From this reading It was very rough and Captain Jim had to drive very carefully.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
at the time that
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “There, I don’t believe anybody will be apt to see her there,” he declared.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading It was just a quarter to nine when they turned off the main road into the woods road.
