Chapter III · Chapter 3

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

From this reading I am trying to be a good soldier.

later than; following

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

(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 KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am trying to be a good soldier.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

any thing at all

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

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

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

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

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

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

From this reading I am trying to be a good soldier.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

provide with a covering or cause to be covered

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

dearly loved

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

recognizable; marked

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

covered with a layer of dust

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

at any time

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading I am trying to be a good soldier.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

not accessible to view

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

and nothing more

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

fasten with a lock

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

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 It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

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

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

and nothing more

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

precisely, exactly

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I do love it here, but it is not a bit like anything I have ever seen at home or riding with Aunt Josephine.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading I am trying to be a good soldier.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

in or at that place or location

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

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

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

hard to endure

From this reading I am trying to be a good soldier.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

precisely as stated

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

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

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

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

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

in or at the place that

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading It is like a house and like we were living right out doors, for there are so many windows and we sleep in a big room just with a roof.

in the company of; together with

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading It was very hard at first, I could not keep myself from thinking all the time of you and Tante and our happy home where it must be all dark and dusty now like it was after we had been in the mountains with Aunt Josephine, only worse.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

produce a literary work

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading KEINETH WRITES TO HER FATHER My dear, dear, dearest Daddy, I have decided to write down all my thoughts and send them to you just like the diry Tante used to keep in her brown book that had the lock on it, then she would lose the key and ring her hands and think Dinah had taken it, then she would find it under her burow cover where she had hidden it all the time.