Chapter II · Chapter 2

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

in a state of sleep

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

terminate

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

exercising caution or showing care or attention

From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

a property characteristic of a child

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

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From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

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From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

the act of acquiring something

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

a young female

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

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

From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

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

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

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From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

informal terms for a mother

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

by chance

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

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

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

a written account of what transpired at a meeting

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

the residence of a religious community

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

not any; not one

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

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

From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

on one occasion

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

giving pleasure and satisfaction

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

on the contrary

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

From this reading But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

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From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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From this reading "There's no good getting up," I thought, "for if I do I shall somnambulize, and maybe break my rather pleasing nose."

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

From this reading It was a front tooth, and Mamma had promised me five dollars if I'd have it pulled; so that was money in my pocket.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

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

From this reading Once, when I was a little girl, I fell down-stairs when I was asleep, and made one of my front teeth come out.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.

(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 But I haven't got any teeth to sell for five dollars now, and it's well to be careful.

at the time that

From this reading TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS When I waked up that morning in the old monastery at San Dalmazzo, if that's the way to call it, and especially to spell it, I really thought for a few minutes that I must be dreaming.