aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
afflictionsnounUS /əˈflɪkʃənz/
plural of “affliction” — a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
(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 MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
any thing at all
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
BumpverbUS /bʌmp/
knock against with force or violence
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
conscience-stricken
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From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
crookedadjectiveUS /ˈkrʊkəd/
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
don't
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From this reading And more’n that, to me she don’t seem so misshaped.
divisible by two
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
at any time
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
a young female
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
depressingly dark
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
helpfuladjectiveUS /ˈhelpfəl/
providing assistance or serving a useful function
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
hoppingverbUS /ˈhɑːpɪŋ/
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
I've
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From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
JANE
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From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
lambnounUS /læm/
young sheep
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
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 MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
engage in
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
misshaped
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From this reading And more’n that, to me she don’t seem so misshaped.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
more'n
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From this reading And more’n that, to me she don’t seem so misshaped.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
cut with a saw
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And more’n that, to me she don’t seem so misshaped.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
she'd
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From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
not in physical motion
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Even more helpful, it seemed to the conscience-stricken mother, than before she had felt the fierce anger of the previous day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
triflingnounUS /ˈtraɪflɪŋ/
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
precisely as stated
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
VISITINGnounUS /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/
the activity of making visits
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MARY JANE GOES VISITING But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hopping about in her narrow home, as merry, as loving, and as helpful as ever.
(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 Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Appears like she’d try to make even me forget she ever heard what I said, poor lamb!
at the time that
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Well, I still think, what I’ve so often thought, that the Lord did bring sweet out of that bitter, when He made her so beautiful inside, even if she is crooked without.
