used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading At length he flung back from the table.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
eat an early morning meal
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Where do you suppose he is?”
don't
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From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading At length he flung back from the table.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At length he flung back from the table.
death of a person
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
Haddon
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From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At length he flung back from the table.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
hill-billy
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From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
how
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From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where do you suppose he is?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading At length he flung back from the table.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
not able to be found
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
ordinarilyadverbUS /ˌɔːrdəˈnerəli/
under normal conditions
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
on the contrary
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
marked by absence of sound
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
successive (without a break)
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
express a supposition
From this reading Where do you suppose he is?”
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
ungratefuladjectiveUS /ənˈɡreɪtfəl/
not feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Here our hill-billy turns up missing this morning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, don’t it beat the devil,” said he, “how ungrateful some people are!
at the time that
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where do you suppose he is?”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY WHEN next Haddon and his wife met at the breakfast table Haddon was more than ordinarily out of sorts, his wife rather more than ordinarily grave and silent.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where do you suppose he is?”
