used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
anew
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
Barringford
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From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
confined by bonds
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
clutchesnounUS /ˈklʌtʃəz/
the act of grasping
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
faredverbUS /ferd/
past form of “fare” — proceed or get along
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
to a considerable degree
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
how
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From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
leapingnounUS /ˈliːpɪŋ/
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
the force of workers available
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
absolutely essential
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
rawhides
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From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
in the near future
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
steednounUS /stiːd/
(literary) a spirited horse for state of war
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
stunnedadjectiveUS /stʌnd/
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
submitverbUS /səbˈmɪt/
refer for judgment or consideration
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
confined on all sides
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
carry out
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Henry was on a good horse, but in leaping over some rocks the steed went down into a hollow, striking its head heavily.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
at the time that
From this reading When Henry recovered he was again in the clutches of the red men.
which person or people
From this reading It is now necessary to go back a little, to learn how poor Henry fared, after he and Sam Barringford escaped from the Indians who had made them prisoners.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Three of them surrounded him and threatened to take his life on the spot if he did not submit, and they soon after bound his hands behind him with rawhides.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading The youth was thrown off, and he and his steed were both stunned.
