used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
(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 "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
can't
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From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
catchingnounUS /ˈkætʃɪŋ/
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
effusionnoun
an unrestrained expression of emotion
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
FrenchmannounUS /ˈfrentʃmæn/
a person of French nationality
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
the act of departing
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
helpingnounUS /ˈhelpɪŋ/
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
the act of retaining something
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
isn't
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From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
a boy or man
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
Lymington
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From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading There isn't much left, but I must have the empty basket.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There," he said, "I must be going back now.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
tightlyadverbUS /ˈtaɪtli/
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
WallernounUS /ˈwɔːlər/
United States jazz musician (1904-1943)
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You had better lie down here and have a good rest, and I will come back to you in the evening and see if I can't think out some way of helping you to get down to Lymington."
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Will I shake hands?" cried the lad, with all the effusion of a young Frenchman, and catching the one which Waller stretched out, he held it tightly for a few moments between his own, holding it until Waller drew it away.
