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 There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

(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 An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

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From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

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

From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

for the reason that

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

plural of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

unvarying in nature

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

a quad with a square body

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

set up or found

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

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

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

lift or elevate

From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

having services engaged for a fee

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

moving to the inside of something

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

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From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

immediately past

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

engage in

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

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From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

march in a procession

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

not any; not one

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

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 "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

above and across; more than

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

witty remark

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

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

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

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From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

the season of growth

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

plural of “staple” — (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

express in words

From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

past form of “tickle” — touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

up to a particular time

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

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From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

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From this reading Some o' this come out at the time, an' some wa'n't known till arterwards; the hired man told some, an' a good deal the neighbors see themselves.

past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

inflected form of “whip” — beat severely with a whip or rod

From this reading An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.

which person or people

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

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

From this reading "It come spring, an' somehow or nuther 'Mandy found out the last o' March was Josh's birthday, an' nothin' would do but she must make him a present.

a late time of life

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on:

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading So she walked over to Sudleigh, an' bought him a great long pocket-book that you could put your bills into without foldin' 'em, an' brought it home, tickled to death because she'd been so smart.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading There was a murmur from gentle Lucy Staples, who had been constant for fifty years to the lover who died in her youth; but no one took any notice of her, and Sally Flint went on: