used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
Alex
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From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
baconnounUS /ˈbeɪkən/
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Gee, that breakfast smells good.
brownedadjectiveUS /braʊnd/
(of skin) deeply suntanned
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
bunksnounUS /bʌŋks/
plural of “bunk” — a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
an occurrence of something
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
ClaynounUS /kleɪ/
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
couldn't
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From this reading “I never saw the time that you couldn’t,” retorted Clay.
DEEPENSverbUS /ˈdiːpənz/
third-person singular of “deepen” — make more intense, stronger, or more marked
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
take in solid food
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
friedadjectiveUS /fraɪd/
cooked by frying in fat
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
fryingnounUS /ˈfraɪɪŋ/
cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
GeenounUS /dʒiː/
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading “Gee, that breakfast smells good.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Gee, that breakfast smells good.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
and nothing more
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
immediately past
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
liftingverbUS /ˈlɪftɪŋ/
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I never saw the time that you couldn’t,” retorted Clay.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
odornounUS /ˈoʊdər/
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
panverbUS /pæn/
make a sweeping movement
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
pancakenounUS /ˈpænkeɪk/
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
pancakesnounUS /ˈpænkeɪks/
plural of “pancake” — a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading “I never saw the time that you couldn’t,” retorted Clay.
savoryadjectiveUS /ˈseɪvəri/
morally wholesome or acceptable
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
cut with a saw
From this reading “I never saw the time that you couldn’t,” retorted Clay.
smellsnounUS /smelz/
plural of “smell” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “Gee, that breakfast smells good.
steamingadjectiveUS /ˈstiːmɪŋ/
filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Gee, that breakfast smells good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I really believe I can eat a bit this morning,” Alex announced.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “I never saw the time that you couldn’t,” retorted Clay.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Clay was just lifting the last pancake from the frying pan to the plate when the two jumped out of their bunks.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
at the time that
From this reading THE MYSTERY DEEPENS When Alex and Case awoke next morning it was to the savory odor of browned pancakes, fried bacon, and steaming coffee.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I never saw the time that you couldn’t,” retorted Clay.
