used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
buildin
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From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
callin
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From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
driftverbUS /drɪft/
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
endingnounUS /ˈendɪŋ/
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
et
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From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
every person
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
enclose with a fence
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
grandmanounUS /ˈɡrændmɑː/
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading It was grandma.
grandpanounUS /ˈɡrændpɑː/
the father of your father or mother
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was grandma.
kitenounUS /kaɪt/
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
MasonnounUS /ˈmeɪsən/
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
mornin
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From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
of an obscure nature
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
pasturenounUS /ˈpæstʃər/
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
a person, without saying who
From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
tenantnounUS /ˈtenənt/
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
in or at that place or location
From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading By and by I thought I heard somebody callin' me--and there was.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Then I lay on the grass and watched her sail and drift and looked over at the Mason County Hills, that seemed so mysterious and quiet and never ending.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So I took my kite and went way into the middle of the pasture and sent her up.
at the time that
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
in or at the place that
From this reading The next mornin' when I got down to breakfast, everybody had et and grandpa had gone down the road where the tenant was buildin' a fence.
