used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
anew
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
any thing at all
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
brooknounUS /brʊk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
cakenounUS /keɪk/
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
don't
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From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
flap-jacks
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From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
flippedverbUS /flɪpt/
inflected form of “flip” — lightly throw to see which side comes up
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
fryingnounUS /ˈfraɪɪŋ/
cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
the act of departing
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
destroyed or killed
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
Gordon
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From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
come to pass
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
an opening into or through something
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
injunnoun
(slang) offensive term for Native Americans
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
interruptverbUS /ˌɪntərˈʌpt/
make a break in
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Gordon who made the remark.
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 “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
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 “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It was Gordon who made the remark.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
panverbUS /pæn/
make a sweeping movement
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading It was Gordon who made the remark.
RogersnounUS /ˈrɑːdʒərz/
United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
carry out
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
to-day
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From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
we're
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(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 THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
what's
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From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Bill was frying flap-jacks and Rogers had gone to the brook for water while Gordon was making the coffee.
which person or people
From this reading It was Gordon who made the remark.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
won't
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From this reading “It won’t take us long to find out what’s what if we don’t get stopped again,” Bill told him as he flipped a cake in the pan.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE HOLE “Well, I wonder what will happen to interrupt our work to-day.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Honest injun, Bill, do you have the least idea that we’re going to find anything?”
