Chapter VII · Chapter 7

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "And who is Peter Grant, my son?"

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

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From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

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From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

a youthful male person

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

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From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

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From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

the feeling of lively and cheerful joy

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

showing displeasure or anger

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

highly enthusiastic

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

let have

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

a large number or amount

From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IN THE WOODS.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "And who is Peter Grant, my son?"

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

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From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

informal terms for a mother

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

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From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "And who is Peter Grant, my son?"

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

to a severe or serious degree

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

a male human offspring

From this reading "And who is Peter Grant, my son?"

a sudden outburst of anger

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading IN THE WOODS.

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From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

bound or secured closely

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.

in or at the place that

From this reading He knows where there's heaps of boxberries."

which person or people

From this reading "And who is Peter Grant, my son?"

in the company of; together with

From this reading "O, ma," said Horace, coming, into the house one morning glowing with excitement, "mayn't I go in the woods with Peter Grant?

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading IN THE WOODS.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading "He is a little boy with a bad temper," said aunt Louise, frowning severely at Horace.--If she had had her way, I don't know but every little boy in town would have been tied to a bed-post by a clothes-line.