Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

(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 The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

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

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

plural of “berry” — any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

the act of discovering something

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

separated into parts or pieces

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

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From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

being one more than ten

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

every person

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

be a farmer; work as a farmer

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

let have

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

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

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

plural of “group” — any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

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

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

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

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

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

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

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From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

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

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

coming next after the eighteenth in position

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

and nothing more

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

above and across; more than

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

the quantity of a crop that is harvested

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

past form of “print” — put into print

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

established beyond doubt

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

with honesty

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

plural of “sapling” — young tree

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

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From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

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

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

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

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

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

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading AUTHOR OF "TREASURE VALLEY," "THE SILVER MAPLE," ETC.

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

From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ It was on Christina Lindsay's nineteenth birthday that she made the second Great Discovery about herself.

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

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

at the time that

From this reading The first one had been made when she was only eleven, and like the second it had proved an unpleasant surprise.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading It was midsummer holidays, that time when she was only eleven, and raspberry time too, and Christina and her brother Sandy were picking berries in the "Slash," a wild bit of semi-woodland away up on the hills that divided her home farm from the land of the Grant Sisters.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Grant Girls--they were all three over fifty but everybody rightly called them girls,--the Grant Girls were there picking berries too, with Mrs. Johnnie Dunn, and several other friends; and there were many more groups scattered here and there through the green tangle of bushes and saplings.