used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
plural of “chance” — a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
clutchedverbUS /klʌtʃt/
past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
dashverbUS /dæʃ/
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
draggingadjectiveUS /ˈdræɡɪŋ/
marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
let fall to the ground
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
divisible by two
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
explodedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsploʊdəd/
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
extensionnounUS /ɪkˈstenʃən/
a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
feeblyadverbUS /ˈfiːbli/
in a faint and feeble manner
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
goofynounUS /ˈɡuːfi/
a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
HawkinsnounUS /ˈhɔːkɪnz/
English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
Hey
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
horrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrəfaɪd/
stricken with horror
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
by chance
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
PerknounUS /pɜːrk/
an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
recklessadjectiveUS /ˈrekləs/
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
express in words
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
scornfullyadverb
without respect; in a disdainful manner
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
sheeradjectiveUS /ʃɪr/
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
SimeonnounUS /ˈsɪmiən/
(Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
struggledverbUS /ˈstrʌɡəld/
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
carry out
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
in or at the place that
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
writhedadjectiveUS /rɪθd/
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
