used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
cannot
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From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
cramverbUS /kræm/
crowd or pack to capacity
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
accepted or habitual practice
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Now I've done."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
the act of escaping physically
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
gulpverbUS /ɡʌlp/
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
I've
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From this reading "Now I've done."
Injins
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From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
Jacques
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From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now I've done."
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 It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
prog
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From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
not often
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
have in common
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
express in words
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
throatsnounUS /θroʊts/
plural of “throat” — the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
(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 "True, and I may as well tell you for your comfort that there is one way of escape open to you.
at the time that
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
which person or people
From this reading It is a custom among these fellows, that when any one cannot gulp his share o' the prog, he may get help from any of his friends who can cram it down their throats; and as there are always such fellows among these Injins, they seldom have any difficulty."
wipingverbUS /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/
-ing form of “wipe” — rub with a circular motion
From this reading "Very likely," replied Jacques, wiping his lips.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Done? you have left at least a third of your supply."
