used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
matters of personal concern
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES.
camp-fire
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From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
destroyed or killed
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
GRINDERnounUS /ˈɡraɪndər/
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
From this reading JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
how
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From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
JASPERnounUS /ˈdʒæspər/
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
meditateverbUS /ˈmedəteɪt/
reflect deeply on a subject
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
piledverbUS /paɪld/
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
sourverbUS /ˈsaʊər/
go sour or spoil
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
terminateverbUS /ˈtɜːrməneɪt/
bring to an end or halt
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "I was a fool to come out here, in the first place," he told himself.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was in a thoroughly sour frame of mind.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
WOLVESnounUS /wʊlvz/
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES.
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Left to himself, Jasper Grinder piled the wood on the camp-fire and then sat down to meditate on the turn affairs had taken.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading To his way of thinking everything had gone wrong, and he wondered how matters would terminate.
