used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Tell me all about it.”
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
(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 Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “There’s such an excitement at school.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “There’s such an excitement at school.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “Goodness, what a beautiful excitement!” laughed Betty.
Betty
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From this reading “Goodness, what a beautiful excitement!” laughed Betty.
Betty's
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From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
burglarsnounUS /ˈbɜːrɡlərz/
plural of “burglar” — a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
CarsonnounUS /ˈkɑːrsən/
United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
Dorothy
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From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “There’s such an excitement at school.
flakesnounUS /fleɪks/
plural of “flake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
flitted
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From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
GHOSTSnounUS /ɡoʊsts/
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
the act of giving
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Goodness, what a beautiful excitement!” laughed Betty.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
How
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From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
INSPIRATIONSnounUS /ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃənz/
plural of “inspiration” — arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
and nothing more
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
KittynounUS /ˈkɪti/
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Goodness, what a beautiful excitement!” laughed Betty.
laughsnounUS /læfs/
plural of “laugh” — the sound of laughing
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tell me all about it.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
powderedadjectiveUS /ˈpaʊdərd/
consisting of fine particles
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
express in words
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
an educational institution
From this reading “There’s such an excitement at school.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
snowbirdnounUS /ˈsnoʊbɜːrd/
medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
snowyadjectiveUS /ˈsnoʊi/
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “There’s such an excitement at school.
express in words
From this reading “Tell me all about it.”
There's
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From this reading “There’s such an excitement at school.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Miss Dick just laughs, but Kitty Carson thinks it was burglars, and we girls all think it was a ghost.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Goodness, what a beautiful excitement!” laughed Betty.
a Caucasian
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
in the company of; together with
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading GHOSTS AND INSPIRATIONS ONE snowy afternoon in December Dorothy, looking like a snowbird in her gray coat powdered with big white flakes, flitted into Betty’s room and without giving her sister a chance to say “How do you do?” burst out with her great news.
