used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
(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 You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
in addition
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
CarternounUS /ˈkɑːrtər/
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
EdwinnounUS /ˈedwən/
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
etc
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From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
at any time
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
your parents
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
Giverny
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From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
GreensnounUS /ɡriːnz/
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
Jo
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From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
KentuckynounUS /kənˈtʌki/
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
immediately past
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
occurring by chance
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
joined in matrimony
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
take in marriage
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
meekeradjectiveUS /ˈmiːkər/
comparative of “meek” — humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
millionnounUS /ˈmɪljən/
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
MollynounUS /ˈmɑːli/
popular aquarium fish
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
used to form the superlative
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
OliveadjectiveUS /ˈɑːləv/
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
Perkinses
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From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
PhnounUS /ˈpiːˈeɪtʃ/
(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
Polly
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From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
on the contrary
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
express in words
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
not in physical motion
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are great fun and, strange to say, get on rather better than most married folks.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
TuckernounUS /ˈtʌkər/
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
TwinsnounUS /twɪnz/
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading Author of "The Tucker Twins Series," "The Carter Girls Series," etc.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Jo is much meeker than we ever thought she could be, now that she has made Polly cut his hair and has let her own grow out.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I came up to Giverny last week with the Polly Perkinses.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends.
