aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
(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 But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
plural of “chance” — a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading In college it had been the fraternities.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
else
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From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
every person
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
fraternitiesnounUS /frəˈtɜːrnətiz/
plural of “fraternity” — a social club for male undergraduates
From this reading In college it had been the fraternities.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
hadn't
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From this reading Mr. Westing hadn't tried to join one.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
how
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From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading Mr. Westing hadn't tried to join one.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
and nothing more
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Westing hadn't tried to join one.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mr. Westing hadn't tried to join one.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
Identical; not different.
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
signingnounUS /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/
language expressed by visible hand gestures
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
sympathizeverbUS /ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/
share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Mr. Westing hadn't tried to join one.
hard to endure
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were all signing up themselves and they wanted everybody else to sign up too.
Westing
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From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
which person or people
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
in the company of; together with
From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
wouldn't
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From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But under the same circumstances, how would you go about doing it?_ All his life people had been trying to get Henry Westing to sign up.
you'll
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From this reading the man who wouldn't sign up _Chances are you'll sympathize deeply with Henry Westing, who merely wanted to go on living his own life in his own manner.
