Chapter V

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

later than; following

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

(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 “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

for the reason that

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

go or come after and bring or take back

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

offensive term for a person of German descent

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

set down according to a plan

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

make reference to

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

information about recent and important events

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

lacking sensation

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

and nothing more

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

above and across; more than

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

arrange in a container

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

existing or coming before

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

lift onto one's shoulders

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

express in words

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “Please don’t mention it, Frank, but give us some good news.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

in or at the place that

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

in the company of; together with

From this reading “Don’t believe I’ve got any,” replied the other, with a grunt, “because there’s only a numb feeling where it ought to be.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Tell us we’re close to Lumber Run Camp, won’t you?”

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “If you find your pack heavy now, Bluff,” Frank remarked, over his shoulder, “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d let you fetch all that junk along you laid out to bring.”

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading AMONG THE LUMBERJACKS “How’s your back, Bluff?” asked Jerry, something like four hours after the conversation in the smoking-car related in the preceding chapter.