Chapter I

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From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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

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how long something has existed

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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

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

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

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

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plural of “bang” — a vigorous blow

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the past participle of “be”

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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

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showing who or what does the action

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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

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plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

the last (12th) month of the year

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

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plural of “expectation” — belief about (or mental picture of) the future

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

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completed to perfection

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

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

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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From this reading HALF-HOURS WITH JIMMIEBOY.

someone who plays the harp

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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

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past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of

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restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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

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

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

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used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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 It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

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

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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literature in metrical form

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a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

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English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)

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United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

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(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

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an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

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a male human offspring

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plural of “story” — 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

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a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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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

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an acknowledgment of appreciation

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

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the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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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

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

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hard to endure

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

under normal conditions

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which person or people

From this reading It had been a long and trying day to Jimmieboy, as December 24th usually is to children of his age, who have great expectations, and are more or less impatient to have them fulfilled.

in the company of; together with

From this reading HALF-HOURS WITH JIMMIEBOY.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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