used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
(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 They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
awinding
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From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
Betty
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From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
lacking funds
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
fadedadjectiveUS /ˈfeɪdəd/
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
floweringnounUS /ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
Ford'snounUS /fɔːrdz/
possessive form of “ford” — United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
girlishadjectiveUS /ˈɡɜːrlɪʃ/
befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
hear with intention
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
melodynounUS /ˈmelədi/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
and nothing more
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
pathosnounUS /ˈpeɪθɑːs/
a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
in the near future
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
cut with a saw
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
sinisteradjectiveUS /ˈsɪnɪstər/
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
strainsnounUS /streɪnz/
plural of “strain” — (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
There's
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From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They put into the melody all the pathos and longing of their hearts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
trapsnounUS /træps/
plural of “trap” — a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
trenchesnounUS /ˈtrentʃɪz/
plural of “trench” — a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
unmovedadjectiveUS /ənˈmuːvd/
emotionally unmoved
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading MYSTERY Betty presently broke into the opening strains of "There's a long, long road awinding," and the girlish voices took it up eagerly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
in or at the place that
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
which person or people
From this reading Nor was she the only one of that little audience who could not listen to the song unmoved.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were singing to the boys, their boys, and as she listened Mrs. Ford's eyes filled with tears.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading They forgot where they were, the pleasant room faded away, and they saw only a sinister gray line of trenches, trenches that were death traps for the flowering youth of America.
