used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
CatesverbUS /keɪts/
third-person singular of “cat” — beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
coloredadjectiveUS /ˈkʌlərd/
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading It was coming from the Salon Quintesse.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
else
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From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was coming from the Salon Quintesse.
glitteredverbUS /ˈɡlɪtərd/
past form of “glitter” — be shiny, as if wet
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was coming from the Salon Quintesse.
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
held dear
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
malenounUS /meɪl/
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
nasallyadverbUS /ˈneɪzəli/
in a nasal manner
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
no person; not anyone
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
Quintesse
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From this reading It was coming from the Salon Quintesse.
SalonnounUS /səˈlɑːn/
gallery where works of art can be displayed
From this reading It was coming from the Salon Quintesse.
sauntered
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From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
STRATEGYnounUS /ˈstrætədʒi/
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading STRATEGY.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
SyndicatenounUS /ˈsɪndɪkət/
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
temponounUS /ˈtempoʊ/
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At Syndicate Park, the end of the line, Cates swung off the car.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
wanna
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From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was coming from the Salon Quintesse.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The park glittered with hundreds of colored lights, people sauntered about laughing and talking, and through the trees sounded a male voice singing nasally to the tempo of a dance band:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you, I wanna be kissed by you alone.”
