Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

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From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

later than; following

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

(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 All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

a short stout club used primarily by policemen

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

plural of “cheer” — a cry or shout of approval

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

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From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

a timepiece that shows the time of day

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

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

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

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

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

set up or found

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

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

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

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

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

to a great degree or extent

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

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 By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

held or filled or in use

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

in other respects or ways

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

a separate part of a whole

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

plural of “plank” — a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

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

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

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

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

carry out

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

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

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading "Gee!" said Billy, after the third help, "I've drinken so much that when I swallers a piece er bread I can hear it splash!"

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

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

From this reading By two o 'clock the Sunday-school had begun; every seat in the kitchen, available and otherwise, was occupied.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."

at the time that

From this reading When Jim and Billy came in they found their places at the table taken, so they sat on the floor and drank their soup out of tea-cups.

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

From this reading All I got to do is to put a little more water in the soup, an' me and Jim won't take but one piece of bread."

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Well, you boys git up now, an' go out and bring me in a couple of planks to put acrost the cheers fer the childern to set on."