used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
(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 “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
amissadjectiveUS /əˈmɪs/
not functioning properly
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
approvingnounUS /əˈpruːvɪŋ/
the formal act of approving
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
auntsnounUS /ænts/
plural of “aunt” — the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of “Miss Wildfire,” “Dorothy Day,” etc.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
birthdaynounUS /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
Cicely
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From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Author of “Miss Wildfire,” “Dorothy Day,” etc.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
displeasedadjectiveUS /dɪˈspliːzd/
not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
Dorothy
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From this reading Author of “Miss Wildfire,” “Dorothy Day,” etc.
down-stairs
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else
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etc
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past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
your parents
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
frocknounUS /frɑːk/
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
the act of giving
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
grandmamma
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From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
grandpapa
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Hannah
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From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
and nothing more
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Author of “Miss Wildfire,” “Dorothy Day,” etc.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “There now!
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “Miss Wildfire,” “Dorothy Day,” etc.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
patverbUS /pæt/
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
presentsnounUS /ˈprezənts/
plural of “present” — the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
Priscilla
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From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
rumpleverbUS /ˈrʌmpəl/
disturb the smoothness of
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
be seated
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
move an implement through
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
carry out
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There now!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
unclesnounUS /ˈʌŋkəlz/
plural of “uncle” — the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
which person or people
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
WildfirenounUS /ˈwaɪldfaɪər/
a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration
From this reading Author of “Miss Wildfire,” “Dorothy Day,” etc.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Your grandpapa and grandmamma, and uncles and aunts, and Cousin Cicely--all the line folks who have come to take dinner with you and bring you lovely birthday presents.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
you'll
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From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
You're
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From this reading You’re done!” exclaimed Hannah, the nurse, giving Priscilla an approving pat and looking her over carefully from head to heels to see that nothing was amiss.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now you’ll please to sit in this chair, like a little lady, and not stir, else you’ll rumple your pretty frock and then your mamma will be displeased, for she will want you to look just right before all the company down-stairs.
