used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
accomplishverbUS /əˈkɑːmplɪʃ/
put in effect
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
in actual fact
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the two together, not just one
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
a youthful male person
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
Children's
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
cleareradjectiveUS /ˈklɪrər/
comparative of “clear” — readily apparent to the mind
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
unvarying in nature
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
darkenedadjectiveUS /ˈdɑːrkənd/
(of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
DIDauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
elevatedadjectiveUS /ˈeləveɪtɪd/
raised above the ground
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
divisible by two
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
at any time
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
your parents
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
a young female
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
GreenwichnounUS /ˈɡrenɪtʃ/
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
how
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From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
humilitynounUS /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/
a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
industrynounUS /ˈɪndəstri/
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
lessonsnounUS /ˈlesənz/
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
come together
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
Neish
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From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
on one occasion
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
outliveverbUS /ˌaʊtˈlɪv/
live longer than
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
participate in games or sport
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
continue talking
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
railroadnounUS /ˈreɪlroʊd/
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
relateverbUS /rɪˈleɪt/
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
Rosaline
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From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
sectionsnounUS /ˈsekʃənz/
plural of “section” — a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
and nothing more
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
express in words
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
todaynounUS /təˈdeɪ/
the present time or age
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
unsightlyadjectiveUS /ənˈsaɪtli/
unpleasant to look at
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
vigilancenounUS /ˈvɪdʒələns/
the process of paying close and continuous attention
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
in or at the place that
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading The Work of a Children's Garden Club I am ever being taught new lessons in my garden: patience and industry by my friends the birds, humility by the great trees that will long outlive me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my constant care.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich Village,--today one of the poor, crowded sections of New York City, where even the streets are darkened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,--were invited to form a club that would be taken once a week out on Long Island to garden.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading --_Rosaline Neish._ DID you ever see the boy or girl that did not want to get up a club?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading I never did; and the reason is that people, young and old, like to both work and play together.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now a garden club is really worth while, and although I might simply TELL you how to proceed after getting your friends to meet and agree on the purpose, you probably will get a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain group of little folks actually did accomplish.
