agin
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From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
ain't
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From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
(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 No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
react verbally
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
Art'snounUS /ɑːrts/
possessive form of “art” — the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But onct oughter be enough.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But onct oughter be enough.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading But onct oughter be enough.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I got to tell this.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
a message received and understood
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
insistencenounUS /ˌɪnˈsɪstəns/
continual and persistent demands
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
a small worthless amount
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
Jim
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From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
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 At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
not any; not one
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
onct
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From this reading But onct oughter be enough.
oughter
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From this reading But onct oughter be enough.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
re-aroused
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From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
requestsnounUS /rɪˈkwests/
plural of “request” — a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
speedilyadverbUS /ˈspiːdəli/
with speed
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
talkin
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From this reading “I ain’t no hand for talkin’,” Long Jim declared in answer to Art’s requests for further information.
express in words
From this reading “I got to tell this.
tellin
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From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I got to tell this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
the act of using
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
which person or people
From this reading At the insistence of Long Jim, Art and Jack, who had been called to join the pair, speedily re-aroused their friends.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No use my tellin’ you an’ then tellin’ the rest o’ them all over agin.”
