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Amhurst wanted to get married. But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day.... A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER. Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room. If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading Amhurst wanted to get married.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
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From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
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From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading Amhurst wanted to get married.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
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From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
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From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
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From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
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From this reading Amhurst wanted to get married.
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From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
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From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
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From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
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From this reading A TIME-TRAVEL TALE THAT TAKES TIME-OUT FOR LAUGHTER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Amhurst wanted to get married.
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading Amhurst wanted to get married.
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From this reading Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room.
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From this reading But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day....
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough--but not this bad.
