used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Hey, yourself,” Tommy called back, “I want to ask you something, too.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
plural of “boot” — footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
a youthful male person
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
at any time
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
Hey
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From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Unless it was Louie Thomson.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
Louie
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From this reading Unless it was Louie Thomson.
engage in
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
muskratnounUS /ˈmʌskræt/
the brown fur of a muskrat
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
Peele
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From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
pondnounUS /pɑːnd/
a small lake
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
filled with bewilderment
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
rainyadjectiveUS /ˈreɪni/
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
rubbernounUS /ˈrʌbər/
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
cut with a saw
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
an educational institution
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
splashingnounUS /ˈsplæʃɪŋ/
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
ThomsonnounUS /ˈtɑːmsən/
United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
From this reading Unless it was Louie Thomson.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
Tommy
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From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
Tommy's
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From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Hey, yourself,” Tommy called back, “I want to ask you something, too.
trampingverbUS /ˈtræmpɪŋ/
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
except if; if not
From this reading Unless it was Louie Thomson.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What have you done to make my muskrat run away from his pond?
at the time that
From this reading “Hey, Tommy,” he called, when he heard Tommy’s tall rubber boots splashing along behind him, “I want to ask you something.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The most puzzled little boy you ever saw tramping off to school on a rainy morning was certainly Tommy Peele.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Hey, yourself,” Tommy called back, “I want to ask you something, too.
