used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
(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 The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
in addition
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
any thing at all
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
Biggs
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From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
bouquetnounUS /buːˈkeɪ/
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
cargonounUS /ˈkɑːrɡoʊ/
goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
commonplaceadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
completely ordinary and unremarkable
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
dopes
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From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
come to pass
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
hicksnounUS /hɪks/
plural of “hick” — a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
hunchedadjectiveUS /hʌntʃt/
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, it's just like I told you.
inasmuch
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From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
it's
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From this reading Well, it's just like I told you.
and nothing more
From this reading Well, it's just like I told you.
LancelotnounUS /ˈlænsəlɑːt/
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
immediately past
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
lentnounUS /lent/
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Well, it's just like I told you.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
Lt
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From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
a judge of a probate court
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
palnounUS /pæl/
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
on the contrary
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
precisely, exactly
From this reading And I was right.
routinenounUS /ruːˈtiːn/
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
SaturnnounUS /ˈsætərn/
a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
scheduledadjectiveUS /ˈskedʒʊld/
planned or scheduled for some certain time or times
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
screwballnounUS /ˈskruːbɔːl/
a whimsically eccentric person
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
seedsnounUS /siːdz/
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
shipboardadjectiveUS /ˈʃɪpbɔːrd/
casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
shuttleverbUS /ˈʃʌtəl/
travel back and forth between two points
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Well, it's just like I told you.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
treadingverbUS /ˈtredɪŋ/
-ing form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading But I also hunched it that inasmuch as my screwball pal, Lt. Lancelot Biggs, was treading the bridge almost anything was rather more than likely to happen.
UranusnounUS /ˈjuːrənəs/
(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
(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 Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs All Lt. Biggs wanted was a shipboard bouquet for his wife, but the seeds grew a little too well!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, it's just like I told you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The last time you friends, dopes, and country hicks lent me your ears I said the _Saturn_ was scheduled for an ordinary, routine, commonplace cargo shuttle to Uranus.
