used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
(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 "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
annoyverbUS /əˈnɔɪ/
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
From this reading This mocking-bird line never fails to annoy her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
belongsverbUS /bɪˈlɔːŋz/
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
a young person of either sex
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
the protruding part of the lower jaw
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
contemptuousadjectiveUS /kənˈtemptʃuːəs/
expressing extreme contempt
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
don't
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From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
elbowsnounUS /ˈelboʊz/
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
failsverbUS /feɪlz/
third-person singular of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading This mocking-bird line never fails to annoy her.
feverishadjectiveUS /ˈfiːvərɪʃ/
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
gazesnounUS /ˈɡeɪzəz/
plural of “gaze” — a long fixed look
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
a young female
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
the act of retaining something
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
irritatedadjectiveUS /ˈɪrəteɪtəd/
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
jogsnounUS /dʒɑːɡz/
plural of “jog” — a sharp change in direction
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
staying power
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
liltnounUS /lɪlt/
a jaunty rhythm in music
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
Lizzie
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From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
mocking-bird
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From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
oddlyadverbUS /ˈɑːdli/
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
palmsnounUS /pɑːmz/
plural of “palm” — the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
penetratingadjectiveUS /ˈpenətreɪtɪŋ/
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
-ing form of “rest” — not move; be in a resting position
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
skinnyadjectiveUS /ˈskɪni/
being very thin
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
speaksverbUS /spiːks/
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
stomachnounUS /ˈstʌmək/
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
a special situation
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This mocking-bird line never fails to annoy her.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
tunenounUS /tuːn/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
unusuallyadverbUS /əˈnjuːʒuːəli/
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading She gazes, as she speaks, at the girl with a pair of unusually bright, penetrating eyes.
uttersverbUS /ˈʌtərz/
third-person singular of “utter” — articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
variancenounUS /ˈveriəns/
an event that departs from expectations
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
wavingnounUS /ˈweɪvɪŋ/
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
From this reading She is lying flat on her stomach on the floor, resting her elbows at each side of a book she is reading, holding her sharp chin in the palms of her hands, waving her skinny legs in unconscious time to the half tired, half feverish lilt of the nurse as she jogs the baby in time to the tune.
which person or people
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The words have a partly irritated, partly contemptuous tone, that seems oddly at variance with the size of the child who utters them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I don't believe that mocking-bird line belongs to the song at all, Lizzie; you never do get a thing right!"
