aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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plural of “age” — how long something has existed
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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showing who or what does the action
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chiefest
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From this reading Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.
a young person of either sex
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cuttingnounUS /ˈkʌtɪŋ/
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
heirnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.
go away from a place
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
PreserveverbUS /prəˈzɜːrv/
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
From this reading Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.
RefrainverbUS /rɪˈfreɪn/
resist doing something
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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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carry out
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
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 Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Pictures by B. T. B. Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out!
propel through the air
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.
unholyadjectiveUS /ənˈhoʊli/
not hallowed or consecrated
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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages!
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.
