used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There would be sympathy there, perhaps.
Betty
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From this reading He thought of joining Hy and Betty.
lacking funds
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
canenounUS /keɪn/
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
cruellyadverbUS /ˈkruːli/
excessively
From this reading His feet and legs hurt him cruelly.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading His feet and legs hurt him cruelly.
enclose with a fence
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
set up or found
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His feet and legs hurt him cruelly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His feet and legs hurt him cruelly.
be the source of pain
From this reading His feet and legs hurt him cruelly.
Hy
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From this reading He thought of joining Hy and Betty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
joiningnounUS /ˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading He thought of joining Hy and Betty.
staying power
From this reading His feet and legs hurt him cruelly.
without good reason
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
mutteringnounUS /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He thought of joining Hy and Betty.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
by chance
From this reading There would be sympathy there, perhaps.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
with speed
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
retraceverbUS /riˈtreɪs/
to go back over again
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading There would be sympathy there, perhaps.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There would be sympathy there, perhaps.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He thought of joining Hy and Betty.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading |THEN Peter, muttering, talking out loud to the road, the fence, the trees, the sky, turned back to retrace the miles they had covered so lightly and rapidly.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading He found a rough stick, broke it over a rock and used it for a cane.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There would be sympathy there, perhaps.
