used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ACCEPTING A THANKSGIVING INVITATION.
Abijah
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From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
ACCEPTINGadjectiveUS /ækˈseptɪŋ/
tolerating without protest
From this reading ACCEPTING A THANKSGIVING INVITATION.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
at or in or to any place
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
Belden
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From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
Betty
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From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
carsnounUS /kɑːrz/
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
cutternounUS /ˈkʌtər/
someone who cuts or carves stone
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
dearly loved
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
eddication
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From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
else
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From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
at any time
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
farmingnounUS /ˈfɑːrmɪŋ/
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
hankered
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From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
haven't
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From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading ACCEPTING A THANKSGIVING INVITATION.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
Marion
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From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
NIECEnounUS /niːs/
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
a brief written record
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
nothin
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From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
panounUS /pɑː/
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
Parke
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From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
caught or fixed
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
carry out
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
THANKSGIVINGnounUS /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading ACCEPTING A THANKSGIVING INVITATION.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
well-to-doadjective
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
From this reading He might have been well-to-do if he had stuck to farming, but he always hankered after an eddication, and he got it, and nothin' else.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
at the time that
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Your Cousin Abijah will drive over in his cutter and bring you here.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A week before Thanksgiving, Marion Parke received this note from her Aunt Betty:-- DEAR NIECE,--If you haven't anywhere else to go, and have money to come with, you can take the cars from Boston up here and spend Thanksgiving Day with us at Belden.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your pa used to think a lot of coming here when he went to college--the great pity he ever went.
