used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
(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 They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
cavaliernounUS /ˌkævəˈlɪr/
a gallant or courtly gentleman
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
curlsnounUS /kɜːrlz/
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
doesn't
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From this reading It doesn't suit your round, fat face.
don't
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From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
else
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From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
divisible by two
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading It doesn't suit your round, fat face.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading It doesn't suit your round, fat face.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
a boy or man
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
greasyadjectiveUS /ˈɡriːsi/
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
how
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From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It doesn't suit your round, fat face.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
engage in
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
musiciannounUS /mjuːˈzɪʃən/
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading It doesn't suit your round, fat face.
Roy
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From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
cut with a saw
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
shearverbUS /ʃɪr/
cut with shears
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
express in speech
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading It doesn't suit your round, fat face.
express a supposition
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
they're
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From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Oh, how I should like to shear off those long greasy curls!
up to a particular time
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
twistedadjectiveUS /ˈtwɪstɪd/
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
precisely as stated
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
at the time that
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
won't
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From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading They make you look worse even than you do when they're all twisted up in pieces of paper.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
you're
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From this reading You don't look a bit like a cavalier, Master P.P.; but I suppose you're a very good sort of fellow, or else father would not have had you here."
you've
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From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You saw me," said Roy, speaking to himself, but at the musician, "for one of your eyes turned this way; but you won't speak till you've got to the end of that bit of noise.
