aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
anew
From this reading “Lie down again, Lucy.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
for the reason that
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
Bob'snounUS /bɑːbz/
possessive form of “bob” — a former monetary unit in Great Britain
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Lie down again, Lucy.
Edith
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From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
a young female
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
Gordon
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From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
haven't
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From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
I'm
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From this reading “I’m not tired.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
Janet
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From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
lazyadjectiveUS /ˈleɪzi/
moving slowly and gently
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
Leslie
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From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “Lie down again, Lucy.
in like or similar manner
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Lie down again, Lucy.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I’m not tired.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
pigtailnoun
a plait of braided hair
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
shadyadjectiveUS /ˈʃeɪdi/
quiet, dark, or concealed
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
not in physical motion
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
stretchingnounUS /ˈstretʃɪŋ/
act of expanding by lengthening or widening
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
SUMMONSnounUS /ˈsʌmənz/
a request to be present
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
sunburnedadjectiveUS /ˈsʌnbɜːrnd/
suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “I’m not tired.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
trionounUS /ˈtriːoʊ/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have still half an hour to rest.”
at the time that
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
which person or people
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading I haven’t worked as hard as you and Edith, because I stopped to read Bob’s letter,” said Lucy Gordon, turning toward the other girl of the trio, who was likewise lying on the grass, her heavy pigtail fallen across one sunburned cheek.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
you've
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From this reading THE SUMMONS “=THE= really nice part about doing hard work is that you feel so happy when you’ve left off,” remarked Janet Leslie, stretching her lazy length on the shady grass with arms beneath her head.
