Chapter XV

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; 'Tis still one, two, three, four.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; 'Tis still one, two, three, four.

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From this reading THE QUEEN'S WAND.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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From this reading SOUTHEY.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; 'Tis still one, two, three, four.

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From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

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

From this reading THE QUEEN'S WAND.

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From this reading One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; 'Tis still one, two, three, four.

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From this reading One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; 'Tis still one, two, three, four.

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

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; 'Tis still one, two, three, four.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE QUEEN'S WAND.

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

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mellow and silvery are the tones, But I wish the bells were more.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mopsa woke: she was rather too big to be nursed, for she was the size of Jack, and looked like a sweet little girl of ten years, but she did not always behave like one; sometimes she spoke as wisely as a grown-up woman, and sometimes she changed again and seemed like a child.