used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
matters of personal concern
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
Amachi
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From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
any person at all
From this reading But she hadn't heard of anybody lost.
any thing at all
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
a youthful male person
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she hadn't heard of anybody lost.
Cardell
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From this reading Then we went to some folks named Cardell.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
opinion or judgment
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
your parents
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
hadn't
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From this reading But she hadn't heard of anybody lost.
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 She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading But she hadn't heard of anybody lost.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
home-made
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From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading But she hadn't heard of anybody lost.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
MisnounUS /mɪs/
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
motherlyadjectiveUS /ˈmʌðərli/
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
pineries
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From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
poored
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From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
rugnounUS /rʌɡ/
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
Sykes
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From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then we went to some folks named Cardell.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
a source of difficulty
From this reading "One trouble with these folks," Mis' Sykes says as we drove away, "they never know anything but their own affairs."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We went first to see some folks named Amachi--her husband was up in the pineries, she said, and so she run their little home-made rug business.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading She was a wonderful, motherly soul, and she poored the little boy with her big, thick hand and listened, with her face up and her hair low in her neck like some kind of a picture with big, sad eyes.
