Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

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

From this reading Lynn hung back a moment.

later than; following

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

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

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

in a clever manner

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

a place off to the side of an area

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

greatly pleased

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

moving swiftly

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

a movable barrier in a fence or wall

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

destroyed or killed

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

to an extraordinary extent or degree

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

dependent upon or characterized by chance

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

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

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging

From this reading Lynn hung back a moment.

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

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

conformity or harmony

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

immediately past

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Lynn hung back a moment.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

a particular point in time

From this reading Lynn hung back a moment.

possessive form of “morning” — the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

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

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

a publication that appears at fixed intervals

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

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

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

any broad thin expanse or surface

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

carry out

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

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

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

up to a particular time

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

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

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

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

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

at the time that

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

in or at the place that

From this reading IN PRINT AT LAST Pauline and Muffie had gone flying down to the gate to run behind the bicycle and tricycle as far as the corner where the little red tricycle had always to turn and come back.

during the time that

From this reading _This_ was a paper boat that Kate had cleverly folded for Lynn while she waited, using a sheet she tore haphazard from a periodical that she had under her arm, part of the morning's post.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

in the company of; together with

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Take care of this till I come back, will you, Miss Bibby?" she said, "I'm keeping it for Max."

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Miss Bibby took the boat, and when Lynn had darted off after the other young ones, she examined it with a view to finding out how Kate made these clever little things that the children so greatly delighted in.