Chapter VIII

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

(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 He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

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From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “What are you doing here?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading My, but I’m glad you came.”

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading My, but I’m glad you came.”

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From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

an eccentric or undignified rustic

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading “What are you doing here?

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

take in solid food

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

apart from; not including

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

plural of “find” — a productive insight

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

past form of “fool” — make a fool or dupe of

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

From this reading My, but I’m glad you came.”

destroyed or killed

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

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From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading “What are you doing here?

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From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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From this reading My, but I’m glad you came.”

moving to the inside of something

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

someone who causes the death of a person or animal

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

the act of departing

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

being the only one; single and isolated from others

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

plural of “mouse” — any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

having or showing great strength or force or intensity

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My, but I’m glad you came.”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

a small lake

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

made afraid

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

plural of “snail” — freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

a slight amount or degree of difference

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

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

From this reading KILLER FINDS THE POND MIGHTY LONESOME “Tad Coon!” gasped Chaik Jay.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

a special situation

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

something that causes irritation and annoyance

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

From this reading And he dropped down from the trunk of the pickery thorn tree.

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

be awake, be alert, be there

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “What are you doing here?

at the time that

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

during the time that

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

morally bad in principle or practice

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

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

From this reading He told Tad all about everything; how the other Woodsfolk had gone up to stay at Tommy Peele’s barn while Killer lived at the pond, and how he’d fooled the mice into leaving it, and scared the birds so the wicked beast wouldn’t find a thing to eat when he did wake up except crawfish and snails, and angleworms, and he doesn’t like them.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “What are you doing here?