Ah
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From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
Alice
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From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
ASTROLOGERnounUS /əˈstrɑːlədʒər/
someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
From this reading THE GRAVE OF THE ASTROLOGER.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “What can I do?
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What can I do?
don't
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From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
drearyadjectiveUS /ˈdrɪri/
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
envynounUS /ˈenvi/
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
the act of escaping physically
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
death of a person
From this reading THE GRAVE OF THE ASTROLOGER.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
how
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From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “What can I do?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
engage in
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
matesnounUS /meɪts/
a pair of people who live together
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
nestsnounUS /nests/
plural of “nest” — a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
not any; not one
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
NovembernounUS /noʊˈvembər/
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GRAVE OF THE ASTROLOGER.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
practiseverbUS /ˈpræktɪs/
engage in a rehearsal
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
in the near future
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GRAVE OF THE ASTROLOGER.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
tightensverbUS /ˈtaɪtənz/
third-person singular of “tighten” — make tight or tighter
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
in the direction of
From this reading Oh, how can I escape?” cried Alice to herself one morning, towards the end of dreary November; “one month out of three is gone already, and the chain of my misery tightens round me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What can I do?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No, don’t come near me, any of you birds; you will have to do without me soon; and you had better begin to practise.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah me! you can make your own nests, and choose your mates; how I envy you!
