(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 "But she's all right, mother."
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Gyp _always_ telephones!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
eagerly desirous
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
any person at all
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
the two together, not just one
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But she's all right, mother."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
don't
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From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
dressmaker's
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From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
Everett
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From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
opinion or judgment
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
GrahamnounUS /ˈɡreɪəm/
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
GypnounUS /dʒɪp/
(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
From this reading "Gyp _always_ telephones!
come to pass
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
I'd
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From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
Isobel
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From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
kidnapverbUS /ˈkɪdnæp/
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
held up in the air
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "But she's all right, mother."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
PatverbUS /pæt/
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
Peggy
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From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "But she's all right, mother."
cut with a saw
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
she's
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From this reading "But she's all right, mother."
soup-plate
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From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
telephonesnounUS /ˈteləfoʊnz/
plural of “telephone” — electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading "Gyp _always_ telephones!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading "Such dreadful things happen----" "I'd like to see anyone try to kidnap _Gyp_," laughed Graham.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
wasn't
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From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
Westley
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From this reading THE LETTER "I don't understand----" Mrs. Westley lifted anxious eyes from her soup-plate.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And _both_ of them----" "I saw Peggy Lee and Pat Everett coming home from the dressmaker's and she wasn't with them," offered Isobel.
