Chapter V

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

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

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

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

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

at or toward the back of something

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come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

hold firmly and tightly

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a timepiece that shows the time of day

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From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

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oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

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provide as food

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

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be excessively hot

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

showing lack of skill or aptitude

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small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

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inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

From this reading “I’ll remember,” Tom grinned.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

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From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

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

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From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

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

From this reading So I warrant you won’t starve.

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From this reading “I’ll remember,” Tom grinned.

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From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

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

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moving to the inside of something

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cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

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being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

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any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

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clean or organized

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in an anxiously nervous manner

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

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the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

a full supply

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

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From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

To recall to mind.

From this reading “I’ll remember,” Tom grinned.

an educational institution

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

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

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So I warrant you won’t starve.

be hungry; go without food

From this reading So I warrant you won’t starve.

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

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carry out

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

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

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

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From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

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

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

male cat

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

make an effort or attempt

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a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

From this reading So I warrant you won’t starve.

clean with some chemical process

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading WE TAKE THE FROG TO SCHOOL Aunt Polly put her railroad ticket into her handbag.

during the time that

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

in the company of; together with

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

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From this reading So I warrant you won’t starve.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “There’s plenty of baked stuff in the pantry and half of a ham and you know how to fry potatoes and boil eggs.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading “Now,” she told Tom, fumbling nervously with the handbag’s metal clasp, “try and keep yourself nice and neat while I’m away and wash behind your ears and don’t be late to school and feed the canary and the goldfish and wind the clock Sunday night.”