Chapter VI · Chapter 6

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

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From this reading But it ain't goin' to come easy.

(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 TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

cases used to carry belongings when traveling

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But it ain't goin' to come easy.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

past form of “chuck” — throw carelessly

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading But it ain't goin' to come easy.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

past form of “dump” — throw away as refuse

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

From this reading But it ain't goin' to come easy.

being one more than seven

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

(of persons) excessively affected by emotion

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

regard something as probable or likely

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

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From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

a large number or amount

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

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From this reading But it ain't goin' to come easy.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

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From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

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From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

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From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

and nothing more

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

go away from a place

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

by chance

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading This rural stuff, I mean.

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

having the flavor of nuts

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

above and across; more than

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

apply a heavy coat to

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

give an incentive for action

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

let for money

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

precisely, exactly

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

living in or characteristic of farming or country life

From this reading This rural stuff, I mean.

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From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

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From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

make square

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

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From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

From this reading This rural stuff, I mean.

happening without warning or in a short space of time

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

moving very fast

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

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From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This rural stuff, I mean.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

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From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

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 When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading TORCHY IN THE GAZINKUS CLASS I expect I'll get used to it all in time.

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From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

(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 When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

at the time that

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

in or at the place that

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

in the company of; together with

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

plural of “wrap” — cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

From this reading Why, the day Vee and I moved into this Harbor Hills place that I'd made the swift trade for with MacGregor Shinn, we just had our baggage dumped in the middle of the livin'-room, chucked our wraps on some chairs, and went scoutin' around from one room to another for over an hour, kind of nutty and excited.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

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From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading When you've been brought up to think of home as some place where you've got a right to leave your trunk as long as you pay the rent prompt,--a joint where you have so many square feet of space on a certain floor, and maybe eight or ten inches of brick and plaster between you and a lot of strangers,--and then all of a sudden you switch to a whole house that's all yours, with gobs of land all around it, and trees and bushes and things that you can do what you like with--well, it's sort of staggerin' at first.