used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
(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 I’ve been worried to death about you all.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
barber-shop
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From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I’ve been worried to death about you all.”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
candynounUS /ˈkændi/
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading I’ve been worried to death about you all.”
Farnham
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From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
your parents
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One for you and one for me And one for ...”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
hopverbUS /hɑːp/
jump lightly
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
I've
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From this reading I’ve been worried to death about you all.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
Knapp
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From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
Mattie
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From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One for you and one for me And one for ...”
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One for you and one for me And one for ...”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
pouncedverbUS /paʊnst/
past form of “pounce” — move down on as if in an attack
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
sakesnounUS /seɪks/
plural of “sake” — a reason for wanting something done
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
an educational institution
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
Skippety
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From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
skippingverbUS /ˈskɪpɪŋ/
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
express in words
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
tunenounUS /tuːn/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Helen and Henry Knapp were skipping home from school, hand in hand, to the tune of “Skippety hop to the barber-shop To buy a stick of candy.
which person or people
From this reading They were interrupted by their Aunt Mattie Farnham, who ran out of the house and pounced on them.
worriedadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːrid/
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading I’ve been worried to death about you all.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading One for you and one for me And one for ...”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “For goodness’ sakes, Helen ’n’ Henry, tell me about your folks!
