used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
(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 So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
aren't
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From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
cakenounUS /keɪk/
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading Pass the cake.
cakesnounUS /keɪks/
plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
chapsnounUS /tʃæps/
plural of “chap” — a boy or man
From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
creamnounUS /kriːm/
the best people or things in a group
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
take in solid food
From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
Fitzbattleaxe
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From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
I'd
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From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
I'll
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From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
lickverbUS /lɪk/
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
take the midday meal
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
social deportment
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
and nothing more
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
go across or through
From this reading Pass the cake.
plumadverbUS /plʌm/
exactly
From this reading Here, you eat the little chaps, I’ll have the plum.’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
cut with a saw
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
sugarnounUS /ˈʃʊɡər/
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
that's
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From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pass the cake.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
tinnounUS /tɪn/
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
the upper part of anything
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
we're
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From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
(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 ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
at the time that
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So Sam ate all the small cakes with sugar on top, and Fitzbattleaxe got the cream tin to lick out.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ’Well, you aren’t,’ said my brother, ’so that’s that, and I should think it would be better manners if you saw we had a good tea when we’re up.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’I see to your breakfast,’ said Sam, ’and I’d see you had a good lunch if only I was allowed down.’
