used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading We’ll take them with a big bottle of hot cocoa.
cocoanounUS /ˈkoʊkoʊ/
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
From this reading We’ll take them with a big bottle of hot cocoa.
cookiesnounUS /ˈkʊkiz/
plural of “cooky” — the cook on a ranch or at a camp
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
a small house with a single story
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
emotionsnounUS /ɪˈmoʊʃənz/
plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading We’ll take them with a big bottle of hot cocoa.
huskyadjectiveUS /ˈhʌski/
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
I'll
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From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
ice-box
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From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
engage in
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
past form of “mingle” — to bring or combine together or with something else
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
panverbUS /pæn/
make a sweeping movement
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Rusty’s voice rose.
Rusty's
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From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
transport commercially
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
not in physical motion
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
in a strange manner
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
sunnyadjectiveUS /ˈsʌni/
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading We’ll go out on a sunny rock and have a feast.”
carry out
From this reading We’ll take them with a big bottle of hot cocoa.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We’ll take them with a big bottle of hot cocoa.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
We'll
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From this reading We’ll take them with a big bottle of hot cocoa.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were still on the deck of the rolling ship and it was still night.
at the time that
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Johnny,” Rusty’s voice was low, husky with strangely mingled emotions, “when we are back at the cottage, I’ll make a big pan of ice-box cookies.
