used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
the two together, not just one
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
changesnounUS /ˈtʃeɪndʒəz/
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
chaunting
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From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
COVESnounUS /koʊvz/
plural of “cove” — a small inlet
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
crackverbUS /kræk/
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
defyverbUS /dɪˈfaɪ/
resist or confront with resistance
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
dramatised
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From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
your parents
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
frolics
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From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
larknounUS /lɑːrk/
North American songbirds having a yellow breast
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
MagsnounUS /mæɡz/
plural of “mag” — a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
notableadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊtəbəl/
widely known and esteemed
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
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 Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
palsnounUS /pælz/
plural of “pal” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
recordedadjectiveUS /rəˈkɔːrdɪd/
set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction
From this reading One notable effect of “Life in London,” particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
SWELLSnounUS /swelz/
plural of “swell” — the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
male cat
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
TRIOnounUS /ˈtriːoʊ/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Then join me in _chaunting_ our _precious_ TRIO.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
moved around an axis or center
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Such _pals_ in a _lark_, we the TOWN can defy, O!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading _Mags_ came thick, this made him merry; Fortune changes in a crack-- Folks they went t’ see Tom and Jerry, And on Billy turned their back.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
in the company of; together with
From this reading LIFE IN LONDON, my boys, is a round of delight, In frolics, I keep up, both the day and the night, With my TOM and my JERRY, I try to “_get best_” Of the COVES in the _East_--and the SWELLS at the _West_!
