Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

(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 "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

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From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

any person at all

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

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From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

the sound of laughing

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

possessive form of “mead” — United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

cut slightly, with a razor

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

possessive form of “nick” — an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

on one occasion

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

above and across; more than

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

a chaplain in one of the military services

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

past form of “peep” — look furtively

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

expect, believe, or suppose

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

express in words

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

scratch repeatedly

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

express in words

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

express gratitude or show appreciation to

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

male cat

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

(of weapons) not charged with ammunition

From this reading She thought she was goin' to die and had unloaded her soul on to the _padre_, and he had ordered her to tell Emerson Mead what she had told him.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

an old word meaning “to where”

From this reading "It was Amada Garcia put me on," said Nick Ellhorn to Emerson Mead and Tom Tuttle, as the three sat in Mead's room, whither they went at once to hear Nick's story.

a female sorcerer or magician

From this reading I reckon the little witch wouldn't have peeped about it to anybody if the _padre_ hadn't made her.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I went over to see if she would tell me what she wanted, and Emerson can thank her, and the _padre_, for gettin' out of this scrape with the laugh on the other side.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "One morning the first of this week Miss Delarue came runnin' up to me on the street and said Amada was sick at her house and had walked all the way in from Garcia's ranch and had something to tell that she wouldn't say to anybody but Emerson.