aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
anew
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
BAWLY
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From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
BullynounUS /ˈbʊli/
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
can't
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From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
at any time
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
factorynounUS /ˈfæktəri/
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
frogsnounUS /frɑːɡz/
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Perhaps you may,” said his papa.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
I'd
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From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
inknounUS /ɪŋk/
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
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 BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
make-believenoun
imaginative intellectual play
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Perhaps you may,” said his papa.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
No-Tail
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From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
and nothing more
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
PelicannounUS /ˈpeləkən/
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps you may,” said his papa.
pressesnounUS /ˈpresəz/
plural of “press” — the state of demanding notice or attention
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
printingnounUS /ˈprɪntɪŋ/
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
STEEPLEnounUS /ˈstiːpəl/
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
to-morrow
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From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
wallpapernounUS /ˈwɔːlpeɪpər/
a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We made the Pelican bird give back the ink, so the printing presses can run again.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
in or at the place that
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish I’d have another adventure to-morrow,” said Bawly, as he went to bed that night.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “Only I can’t be with you to-morrow, as I have to go to work in my wallpaper factory.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BAWLY AND THE CHURCH STEEPLE After Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frogs, and their papa, reached home from the woods, where they met the make-believe giant, as I told you in the story before this one, they talked about it for ever so long, and agreed that it was quite an adventure.
