Chapter VII

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

(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 Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

be owned by; be in the possession of

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

in a busy manner

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

a tight-fitting headdress

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading THE TRY COMPANY.

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

dearly loved

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

the act of departing

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

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

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

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

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

where you live at a particular time

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

plural of “jacket” — a short coat

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

set down according to a plan

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

informal terms for a mother

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

a particular point in time

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

on one occasion

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

plural of “pantaloon” — a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

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

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

an educational institution

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

joining or attaching by stitches

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

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

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

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

From this reading THE TRY COMPANY.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

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

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

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

From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

make an effort or attempt

From this reading THE TRY COMPANY.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

be dressed in

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What company, mamma?

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

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From this reading "O MAMMA!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"

in the company of; together with

From this reading Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"