used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
cause to be bored
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
a youthful male person
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
centnounUS /sent/
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
ClaynounUS /kleɪ/
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
CRAWLEY'S
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From this reading CRAWLEY'S LEGACY.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
frailadjectiveUS /freɪl/
physically weak
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
GenenounUS /dʒiːn/
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
hemorrhagenounUS /ˈhemərɪdʒ/
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
inspiredadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈspaɪərd/
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
Jud
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From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
Jud's
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From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
Justine's
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From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
LEGACYnounUS /ˈleɡəsi/
(law) a gift of personal property by will
From this reading CRAWLEY'S LEGACY.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
lungsnounUS /lʌŋz/
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
and nothing more
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
as might be expected
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
information about recent and important events
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
ninetyadjectiveUS /ˈnaɪnti/
being ten more than eighty
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
ParsonnounUS /ˈpɑːrsən/
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
for each
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
predictionsnounUS /priˈdɪkʃənz/
plural of “prediction” — the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
recallverbUS /ˈriːkɔːl/
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
Identical; not different.
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
express in words
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Naturally Jud's friends believed that the hemorrhage was of the lungs, which inspired ninety per cent. of them to say that they had always regarded him as frail.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
TownshipnounUS /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/
an administrative division of a county
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The letter to 'Gene merely announced that his sudden death was due to a hemorrhage, and another letter to Parson Marks from Justine's friend in the city bore the same news.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
at the time that
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The people of Clay Township were kept in the dark concerning the manner in which Jud came to his death.
wouldn't
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From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Some went so far as to recall predictions made when he was a boy to the effect that he "wouldn't live to see thirty year."
