used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
amazingadjectiveUS /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/
surprising greatly
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
inflected form of “behold” — see with attention
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
bobslednounUS /ˈbɑːbsled/
formerly two short sleds coupled together
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
BUSTERSnounUS /ˈbʌstərz/
plural of “buster” — an informal form of address for a man
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
Cameron
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From this reading "It's Tubby!" gasped Frank Cameron.
closely-cropped
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From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading "It's Tubby!" gasped Frank Cameron.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "It's Tubby!" gasped Frank Cameron.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
green-stained
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From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
HavelnounUS /ˈhævəl/
Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
inclinenounUS /ˌɪnˈklaɪn/
an elevated geological formation
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
It's
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From this reading "It's Tubby!" gasped Frank Cameron.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
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 THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
MinanounUS /ˈmiːnə/
tropical Asian starlings
From this reading "Oh! oh! oh!" squealed Mina.
used to form the superlative
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh! oh! oh!" squealed Mina.
overlookverbUS /ˈoʊvərlʊk/
look past, fail to notice
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
PercynounUS /ˈpɜːrsi/
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
plankverbUS /plæŋk/
cover with planks
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
shinglesnounUS /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/
eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
slidingadjectiveUS /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/
being a smooth continuous motion
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
squealed
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From this reading "Oh! oh! oh!" squealed Mina.
stripedadjectiveUS /straɪpt/
marked or decorated with stripes
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
sweaternounUS /ˈswetər/
a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
TubbyadjectiveUS /ˈtʌbi/
short and plump
From this reading "It's Tubby!" gasped Frank Cameron.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
precisely as stated
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
(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 They crowded to it after Percy Havel, and beheld a most amazing as well as ridiculous sight.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
a Caucasian
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading THE BUSTERS The girls could overlook the lower slope of the long roof through the bay window at the end of the living room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading A very fat youth, in a blue and white striped sweater and with a closely-cropped yellow head, was face down upon a length of plank, which plank was sliding like a bobsled down the incline of green-stained shingles.
