used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
(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 "Little Loo knows her own depth, all righty."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
Beemis
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From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
darnverbUS /dɑːrn/
repair by sewing
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
depthnounUS /depθ/
the extent downward or backward or inward
From this reading "Little Loo knows her own depth, all righty."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
don't
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From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
friendship-bracelet
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From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
geenounUS /dʒiː/
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
a young female
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
Hassiebrock
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From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
I'll
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From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
Josie
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From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading "Little Loo knows her own depth, all righty."
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
life-line
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From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Little Loo knows her own depth, all righty."
LoonounUS /luː/
a toilet in Britain
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
lotsnounUS /lɑːts/
a large number or amount
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
by chance
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
nowheres
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From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Little Loo knows her own depth, all righty."
rackverbUS /ræk/
go at a rack
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
righty
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From this reading "Little Loo knows her own depth, all righty."
sheeradjectiveUS /ʃɪr/
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
somewheresnounUS /ˈsʌmwerz/
plural of “somewhere” — an indefinite or unknown location
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
suzeraintynoun
the position or authority of a suzerain
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
swimverbUS /swɪm/
travel through water
From this reading "I know you don't go beyond the life-line, Loo, but, gee! you--you do swim out some!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
there'd
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From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
a source of difficulty
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Miss Hassiebrock drew herself up and, from the suzerainty of sheer height, looked down upon Miss Beemis there, so brown and narrow beside the friendship-bracelet rack.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Maybe what you call 'somewheres' is what lots of us would call 'nowheres.'"
