used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
Antonio
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From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
any thing at all
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
BERTHA'S
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From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
car-riding
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From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
ChroniclesnounUS /ˈkrɑːnɪkəlz/
plural of “chronicle” — a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
recognizable; marked
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
enthusiasticallyadverbUS /ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪkli/
with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
five-hundred-and-seventy-two
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From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
Genevieve
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From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
the act of departing
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
come to pass
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
happeningnounUS /ˈhæpənɪŋ/
an event that happens
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
HartleynounUS /ˈhɑːrtli/
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
HexagonnounUS /ˈheksəɡɑːn/
a six-sided polygon
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
ten 10s
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
I'm
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From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
It'll
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From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
and nothing more
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
immediately past
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
engage in
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
OrleansnounUS /ˈɔːrliənz/
a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
others
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From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
railroadnounUS /ˈreɪlroʊd/
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
San
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From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
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 In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
carry out
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
express in words
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
traveledadjectiveUS /ˈtrævəld/
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
precisely as stated
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was on the five-hundred-and-seventy-two mile journey from San Antonio to New Orleans that something happened.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It'll make a change from car-riding, and a very pleasant one, I'm thinking," Mr. Hartley had said; and the others had enthusiastically agreed with him.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "It seems so strange to me that we should have traveled so many thousands of miles on the railroad without anything happening; and then, just on the last five hundred (we are going to take the boat at New Orleans)--to have it happen.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading In the Chronicles of the Hexagon Club it fell to Genevieve to tell the story; and this is what she wrote:
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading "BERTHA'S ACCIDENT" It had been decided that the party would go to New Orleans from San Antonio, and then from there by boat to New York.
