used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “So could I,” agreed Lily.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
bendverbUS /bend/
form a curve
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discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could eat a peach right now.”
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
take in solid food
From this reading “I could eat a peach right now.”
Ethel
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From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
farm-house
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at or to or toward the front
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
Frieda
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I could eat a peach right now.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Let's
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From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
LilynounUS /ˈlɪli/
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “So could I,” agreed Lily.
lingeredverbUS /ˈlɪŋɡərd/
past form of “linger” — remain present although waning or gradually dying
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Marjorie
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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I could eat a peach right now.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
peachnounUS /piːtʃ/
cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading “I could eat a peach right now.”
peachesnounUS /ˈpiːtʃəz/
plural of “peach” — cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “I could eat a peach right now.”
scoutsnounUS /skaʊts/
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
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the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So could I,” agreed Lily.
not in physical motion
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
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the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let’s go slowly, and give the girls a chance to catch us,” suggested Ethel.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE SEARCH As the scouts pushed off from the shore, they lingered until Marjorie and Frieda disappeared around a bend in the stream on their way to the farm-house.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then, still thinking of the peaches, they went slowly forward.
