Chapter X

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

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

later than; following

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

Having no one else present.

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

a cherished desire

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

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

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

a baby bed with sides and rockers

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

of metal e.g.

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

a female human offspring

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

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From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

destroyed or killed

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

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

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

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

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)

From this reading She had gone out ridin’ with Thomas Jefferson.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

comparative of “kind” — having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

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

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

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

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

a brief written record

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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 And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

and nothing more

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

above and across; more than

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

communicate vividly

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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From this reading She had gone out ridin’ with Thomas Jefferson.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

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From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

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From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

in the near future

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

carry out

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

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

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading She had gone out ridin’ with Thomas Jefferson.

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

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

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

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

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From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And I, feelin’ kinder opset and mauger through what I had went through with my pardner, thought it would sort o’ take up my mind and recooperate me to talk a little with Victor (I had always liked him from the first minute I see him).

at the time that

From this reading And he and Snow (the darlin’!) had gone out a walkin’ in the grounds— And I wuz a settin’ alone on the veranda by the side of Boy’s cradle, Genieve havin’ gone to the village to get some thread— When Victor come over on a errant.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She had gone out ridin’ with Thomas Jefferson.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading He come to bring a note over from Mrs. Seybert to my daughter Maggie, and I told him I would give it to her jest as soon as she returned and come back.

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From this reading WALL, Josiah give up and crumpled down along the middle of the forenoon, and he looked happy as a king after he give up his project (it wuz only ambition that wuz a goarin’ him and a leadin’ him around).