used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
anew
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
(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 “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
the act of departing
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
destroyed or killed
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
harnessverbUS /ˈhɑːrnəs/
put a harness
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOP-CLOVER’S HOME.
Hop-clover
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From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
HOP-CLOVER'S
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From this reading HOP-CLOVER’S HOME.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
I've
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From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
and nothing more
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
Littlefield
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From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
Lucinda
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From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
express in words
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Come and put thy arms round my neck, and tell me.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Lucinda,” said Mrs. Littlefield as they all went into the parlor, “hast thou had a good visit here?
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Oh, I’ve had a _beautiful_ time!” said little Hop-clover with a sigh of joy; and then she sighed again, to think she was going away to her miserable home, and never, never, should be so happy again.
but in spite of that
From this reading THEY had just eaten dinner, and John had not gone out as yet to harness the horse.
