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On   /ɑn/  /ɔn/   Listen
On

adverb
1.
With a forward motion.  Synonym: along.  "The horse trotted along at a steady pace" , "The circus traveled on to the next city" , "Move along" , "March on"
2.
Indicates continuity or persistence or concentration.  "Shall I read on?"
3.
In a state required for something to function or be effective.  "Get a load on"
adjective
1.
In operation or operational.  "The switch is in the on position"
2.
(of events) planned or scheduled.  "We have nothing on for Friday night"



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... in front of the parish rectory, which was not one of the least animated buildings. Sinang was unable to repress an exclamation of surprise on seeing the lamps burning, those lamps of antique pattern which Padre Salvi had never allowed to be lighted, in order not to waste kerosene. Loud talk and resounding bursts of laughter might be heard as the friars moved slowly about, nodding their heads in unison with the big cigars that ...
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... to the drawing-room, and found the young lady seated at the piano, on which she was strumming idly and absentmindedly, but with a touch, nevertheless, that indicated advanced excellence in the art of music. She was not dressed as one who had just risen from the dining table, but ...
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... my duty to take some nourishment. I had it brought to me. Alas, I could nowhere turn my eyes but the sight was connected with this dear idea, and recalled past delights, never more to return. Our back windows looked into the garden, on which he had bestowed so much labor and pains, and which he was just bringing to perfection. Here we had spent many pleasant hours together, and indulged that freedom of conversation, the natural consequence of an unbounded confidence. The double arbor he had reared, and ...
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