used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading “Have you caught the burglars already?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
black-tracking
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From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
burglarsnounUS /ˈbɜːrɡlərz/
plural of “burglar” — a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
From this reading “Have you caught the burglars already?”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
catchingnounUS /ˈkætʃɪŋ/
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Have you caught the burglars already?”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
disgruntledadjectiveUS /dɪsˈɡrʌntəld/
in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
Dr
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From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
Firth's
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From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
Harry's
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From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you caught the burglars already?”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
McNAB
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From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
There'll
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From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They returned some hours later, much disgruntled.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
VarsitynounUS /ˈvɑːrsɪti/
a British abbreviation of “university”; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There’ll be mighty little catching done, if you ask me,” was Harry’s reply.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading HARRY McNAB and two of his ’Varsity friends took a car and went off to Dr. Firth’s immediately after breakfast next morning.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “We thought you would be black-tracking all day,” the girls greeted them.
