Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

in the past

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

(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 "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

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

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

any person at all

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

dearly loved

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

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

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

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From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

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From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

plural of “granddaughter” — a female grandchild

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

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

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

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

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

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

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

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

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

engage in

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

a form of address for a man

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

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From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

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From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

not any; not one

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

on one occasion

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

your consciousness of your own identity

From this reading Now I have been making a fairy-tale book for your own self, and here it is.

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

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

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 "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

plural of “tale” — 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 "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

express in words

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

disclosing unintentionally something concealed

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

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

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

in or at that place or location

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

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

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

male cat

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

a small amount (especially of a drink)

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

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

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

at the time that

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

which person or people

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it--but of course you know the book--it has "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "The little old woman that went to market," and all those tales you like.

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

From this reading "_But that would be no time at all._" "_That's fairy tale time._" The Knickerbocker Press JOSEPH JACOBS PEGGY, AND MADGE, AND PEARL, AND MAGGIE, AND MARGUERITE, AND PEGGOTTY, AND MEG, AND MARJORY, AND DAISY, AND PEGG, AND MARGARET HAYS (How many granddaughters does that make?)

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

a late time of life

From this reading MY DEAR LITTLE PEGGY:-- Many, many, many years ago I wrote a book for your Mummey--when she was my little May--telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "_Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa._" "_Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?_" "_Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales._" "_Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----_"