used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
admireverbUS /ædˈmaɪr/
feel admiration for
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
(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 "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
any thing at all
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
beautifullyadverbUS /ˈbjuːtəfli/
in a beautiful manner
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
braidsnounUS /breɪdz/
plural of “braid” — a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
can't
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From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
Clifton
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
without stop or interruption
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
courtshipnounUS /ˈkɔːrtʃɪp/
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
crazyadjectiveUS /ˈkreɪzi/
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
recognizable; marked
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
don't
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
not fake or counterfeit
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
the act of departing
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
HARPETH
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
JAGUARnounUS /ˈdʒæɡwɑːr/
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
and nothing more
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
in the recent past
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
Letitia
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
life-fabric
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
patchnounUS /pætʃ/
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
patternnounUS /ˈpætərn/
a perceptual structure
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
piecingverbUS /ˈpiːsɪŋ/
-ing form of “piece” — to join or unite the pieces of
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
puckering
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
quiltnounUS /kwɪlt/
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
riotousadjectiveUS /ˈraɪətəs/
produced or growing in extreme abundance
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
romanticadjectiveUS /roʊˈmæntɪk/
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
sanest
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
seal-brown
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
stripsnounUS /strɪps/
plural of “strip” — a relatively long narrow piece of something
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
symmetricaladjectiveUS /səˈmetrɪkəl/
having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
a source of difficulty
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
varietynounUS /vərˈaɪəti/
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
precisely as stated
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
at the time that
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
which person or people
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
