used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading I’m awful sorry!
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
Blue'snounUS /bluːz/
possessive form of “blue” — blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
dancernounUS /ˈdænsər/
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
don't
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From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
communicated in words
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
FLATIRONnoun
an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
set up or found
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
I'd
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From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
I'm
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From this reading I’m awful sorry!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
jellverbUS /dʒel/
become gelatinous
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
Jim
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From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
mournedverbUS /mɔːrnd/
past form of “mourn” — feel sadness
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
not any; not one
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
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 “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
and nothing more
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
passionatelyadverbUS /ˈpæʃənətli/
with passion
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
sightsnounUS /saɪts/
an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading I’m awful sorry!
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 “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
strawb'ry
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From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
tearfuladjectiveUS /ˈtɪrfəl/
filled with or marked by tears
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
ther
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From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
twistingnounUS /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
wailedverbUS /weɪld/
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON IT was Mrs. Jimmy George that found the road to the heart of The Flatiron.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
we'd
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From this reading Gracious me, ther’ ’s sights o’ things we’d do, but we don’t have no chance!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why,” mourned she, her blue eyes tearful, “I’d ’a’ carried her some o’ my strawb’ry jell, if I’d only known!
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “Gracious me! what if ’t was my Jim—and my baby!” she wailed, twisting her little hard─worked hands over Blue’s story of the dancer and her passionately─expressed longing to lie “side o’ Jim and the baby.”
