Chapter VI

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

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

later than; following

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

past form of “approach” — move towards

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

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

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

a room used primarily for sleeping

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

earlier than; in front of

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

a youthful male person

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

transmit information

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

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

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

of great significance or value

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

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

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

of or characteristic of low rank or importance

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

plural of “ledge” — a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

information about recent and important events

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

above and across; more than

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

not often

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

express in words

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

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

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

refuse to acknowledge

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

plural of “sparrow” — any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

the season of growth

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

happening without warning or in a short space of time

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

in or at that place or location

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

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

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

except if; if not

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

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

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

precisely as stated

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

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

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

the act of observing; taking a patient look

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

exhausted

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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

From this reading Most of the canaries were very haughty with them, and looked down on them as inferior birds.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

at the time that

From this reading So the sparrows rarely approached us, unless they had important news to communicate, when eagerness to hear what they had to say made the canaries forget to snub them.

which person or people

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL As I have said before, a strange longing to be out of doors came over me as winter passed away and spring approached.

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

in the company of; together with

From this reading I never wearied of sitting on the window ledges and watching the plucky little English sparrows who sometimes came to the bird-room window and talked over the news of the day with us.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”

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

From this reading That clever woman, Mrs. Martin, knew that I wished to get out in the street, and one day when there was a sudden thaw after very cold weather, she said to me, as I sat on her bedroom window sill, “I believe my little boy would like a fly out of doors.”