used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
(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 It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
begsverbUS /beɡz/
third-person singular of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
Clara
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From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
take in solid food
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
highest in quality
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
hamperverbUS /ˈhæmpər/
prevent the progress or free movement of
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used to form the superlative
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
not any; not one
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
offencenoun
the action of attacking an enemy
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
Sally'snounUS /ˈsæliz/
possessive form of “sally” — witty remark
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
shapedadjectiveUS /ʃeɪpt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
spellingnounUS /ˈspelɪŋ/
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
stopsnounUS /stɑːps/
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dear little Sally’s letter gave me the greatest delight.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no stops in it, but I have put some.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
wonderfullyadverbUS /ˈwʌndərfəli/
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading The spelling was wonderfully good for her, but here and there I have shaped it to the present fashion.
produce a literary work
From this reading It was all in round hand, and had taken at least a week to write, and she must have washed her hands almost every time.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Please Miss Clara dear, father and mother and I begs their most respectable duty and love and they hopes no offence and will you be so kind as to have this here little hamper and wishes it was ten times as much but hopes you will excuse it and please to eat it all yourself Miss.
