used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
Ain't
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From this reading "Ain't much of it," said Esau.
(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 "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
any thing at all
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
cautiouslyadverbUS /ˈkɔːʃəsli/
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
the act of discovering something
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
EsaunounUS /ˈiːsɔː/
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
From this reading "Ain't much of it," said Esau.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
coins made of gold
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
Gunson
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From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
half-sovereign
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From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
he's
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From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Ain't much of it," said Esau.
it's
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From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
engage in
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Ain't much of it," said Esau.
no person; not anyone
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Ain't much of it," said Esau.
and nothing more
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Ain't much of it," said Esau.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
carry out
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Take four times as much as that to make a half-sovereign."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
we've
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From this reading It is gold, and we've made a discovery that Gunson would have given anything to see."
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
(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, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
in or at the place that
From this reading "And he's gone nobody knows where, and it's all our own," said Esau, looking cautiously round.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Well, if we only got four times as much as that a day, it would mean three pounds a week.
