used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
(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 We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed as though I must.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
bakedadjectiveUS /beɪkt/
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
beansnounUS /biːnz/
plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
Bingy
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From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
take in liquids
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
gas-jet
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From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
hetadjective
made warm or hot (“het” is a dialectal variant of “heated”)
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
I'd
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From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
loafnounUS /loʊf/
a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
MisnounUS /mɪs/
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It seemed as though I must.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
panverbUS /pæn/
make a sweeping movement
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
pitchernounUS /ˈpɪtʃər/
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
precisely, exactly
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed as though I must.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It seemed as though I must.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
warmingadjectiveUS /ˈwɔːrmɪŋ/
imparting heat
From this reading I'd brought in a loaf of bread and a little warming pan and a can of baked beans.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was that night that I begun this book.
washverbUS /wɑːʃ/
clean with some chemical process
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We het the beans over the gas-jet and made a good supper--the water in the wash pitcher was all right to drink.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then Mis' Bingy went to bed with the baby, and I got out the paper I'd fixed, and I started.
